The RTIP is a comprehensive and financially-constrained listing of regional transportation projects and services that are scheduled for some phase of implementation within the four-year STIP period. The projects identified in the RTIP were selected through a continuing, cooperative, planning effort between the Buckeye Hills Regional Council, the State of Ohio, and local entities, and are in alignment with the goals of the Buckeye Hills Regional Council transportation plan called Long-Range Transportation Plan. The projects have funding commitments from a variety of federal, state and local sources. The program of projects maintains a balance of local and regional needs, and includes projects from all modes of transportation including highways, public transportation or transit, bicycles and pedestrians.
The development of the RTIP is the responsibility of Buckeye Hills Regional Council, which is the designated RTPO for Athens, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Monroe, Noble, Perry and Washington counties. The RTIP is developed on a biennial basis in conjunction with the development of the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. Once the RTIP is adopted by Buckeye Hills Regional Council Executive Board, it is then submitted for consideration to ODOT for inclusion by reference in Ohio’s STIP.