each urban area participating in the programs of the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration must assure that relevant transportation plans are maintained through a process that is comprehensive, cooperative, and coordinated; and

the Delaware-Muncie Metropolitan Plan Commission (DMMPC) is the agency designated by the Governor of the State of Indiana to maintain those plans for the Muncie Urbanized Area and the surrounding Metropolitan Planning Area; and

the Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) is the policy committee of the Metropolitan Planning Organization involved in the transportation planning process for the Muncie Urbanized Area and the surrounding Metropolitan Area; and

the basis for transportation planning and improvement programming in the area is the 2023-2050 Delaware-Muncie Transportation (MTP) adopted in 2024, the FY 2026-2030 Delaware-Muncie Transportation Improvement Program (DMTIP) adopted in 2025, and an annually prepared Transportation Planning Self-Certification Statement; and

the planning process maintained by the DMMPC staff has assured that those plans and subsequent improvement projects are consistent with the comprehensively planned development of the Metropolitan Planning Area as well as federal policies and priorities; and

the Self-Certification Statement was reviewed and approved by the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at their January 8, 2026 meeting, and reviewed and approved by the Transportation Policy Committee (TPC) at their February 18, 2026 meeting.