Action Item
Date Prepared: 11/17/2025Agenda Item:
5c Eakins Oval Transformation RAISE (BUILD) 25 (MPMS #16827), City of Philadelphia – Add New Project to the TIP
Background/Analysis/Issues:
PennDOT, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, has requested that DVRPC amend the FFY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania by adding the Eakins Oval Transformation RAISE (BUILD) 25 (MPMS #16827) project to the TIP in the amount of $829,000 RAISE funding for Preliminary Engineering (PE) in FFY26. These are additional funds to the region as the project was awarded a FFY25 RAISE (BUILD) grant.
This project will design and construct multimodal improvements to Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including the Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art steps and the adjacent Pennsylvania Avenue. The project will include implementing a new traffic pattern, intersection and traffic signal improvements, pedestrian connectivity and ADA accessibility improvements, bicycle paths in the outer lanes of the Parkway between 22nd Street and Eakins Oval and Pennsylvania Avenue, and traffic calming measures.
The project will improve safety by eliminating pedestrian-vehicle interactions, reducing vehicular lane changes, and simplifying intersections for vulnerable users. It will improve and expand active transportation mobility options by installing and extending separated, safe pedestrian and bicycle paths around the Eakins Oval and neighboring communities.
The construction funds from the FFY25 RAISE (BUILD) grant award are anticipated to be programmed as part of the FFY2027 PA TIP update when the project has progressed in the design process and can be included in the air quality conformity analysis.
Financial Constraint:
Financial constraint will be maintained as these are additional funds to the region.
Conformity Finding:
The TIP's current conformity finding will not be impacted by this amendment as this project is exempt from air quality analysis.
Cost and Source of Funds:
$829,000 RAISE (BUILD)
Recommendations:
Regional Technical Committee (RTC): Recommends Approval.
DVRPC Staff: Recommends Approval.
Action Proposed:
The DVRPC Board approves TIP Action PA25-070, PennDOT’s request, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, that DVRPC amend the FFY2025 TIP for Pennsylvania by adding the Eakins Oval Transformation RAISE (BUILD) 25 (MPMS #16827) project to the TIP in the amount of $829,000 RAISE (BUILD) funding for PE in FFY26.