2026 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025050379
Lead Agency
Tulare County Association of Governments
Document Title
2026 Regional Transportation Plan & Sustainable Communities Strategy
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
10/22/2026
Document Description
The proposed 2026 RTP/SCS is an update to the current 2022 RTP/SCS that was adopted in August 2022. The proposed 2026 RTP/SCS reflects changes in legislative requirements, local land use policies, and resource constraints that have occurred since adoption of the current 2022 RTP/SCS. The 2026 update to the 2022 RTP/SCS is focused on continued implementation of the 2022 RTP/SCS, with updates to ensure consistency with federal, State, and local planning requirements. As have past RTPs, the proposed 2026 RTP/SCS shows how the region can invest limited transportation
funds to maintain, operate and improve an integrated, multi-modal transportation system with the purpose of facilitating the efficient movement of people and goods. The updated plan identifies specific strategies, policies, and actions, including a list of programmed and planned transportation projects feasibly within the region’s anticipated transportation funding levels, to meet the current and future needs of the region. The proposed 2026 SCS updates the 2022 SCS, adopted by TCAG in August 2022, and incorporates new strategies to address rapidly the changing regional, national, and global context with the SCS preferred scenario focusing on new development in existing urbanized infill locations and transit corridors,
avoiding identified resource areas. The planning horizon of the proposed 2026 RTP/SCS is 2049.
Contact Information
Name
Ted Smalley
Agency Name
Tulare County Association of Governments
Job Title
Executive Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Ivanhoe, Lindsay, Porterville, Tulare, Visalia, Woodlake
Counties
Tulare
Regions
Countywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Countywide
State Highways
43, 65, 99, 137, 190, 198, 245
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
Visalia Municipal, Mefford Field
Schools
Visalia USD, Tulare City SD, Woodlake USD, Porterville USD
Waterways
Tule River
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Tulare County Association of Governments
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Tulare
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://tularecog.org/tcag/planning/rtp/rtp-2026
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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