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1/31/79 AC 150/5900-1B CHAPTER 7. JOINT PLANNING 70. GENERAL. Land use and surface transportation planning cannot effec- tively proceed without giving consideration to long-range airport require- ments and likewise airport planning requires consideration of landside constraints. The logic of planning all transportation systems concurrently, and in a coordinated fashion with other related planning, has led to development of unified work programs. Passage of the Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974, which allows sponsors to combine resources from several Federal programs in support of projects that have a commonality of purpose, is also indicative of a recognized need for coordination in planning. 71. UNIFIED WORK PROGRAM. a. Definition. The Unified Work Program (UWP) is a single document prepared by the local areawide planning agency, e.g., Metropolitan Planning Organization. It identifies all transportation and transportation -related planning activities anticipated within the area on a multi -year basis, regardless of funding source. It is a means of consolidating and formally coordinating all transportation planning activities at the metropolitan level whenever more than one modal planning program is involved. Federal coordination and review of UWP's are accomplished through the U.S. Department of Transportation Intermodal Planning Groups (IPG). b. AQplicability. Where a requirement for a UWP exists, incorporation of proposed system planning work in a UWP is a prerequisite for PGP funding of a metropolitan and/or regional airport system planning and of a continuous airport system planning process (CASPP). Additionally, in those instances where a state directs airport planning activities for a metropolitan area as part of an overall state system planning process, the proposed work for a specific metropolitan area should be included in the UWP. It should be noted that many UWP's will not have an airport planning element since airport system planning is normally appropriate for only the larger urbanized areas. Incorporation of proposed master planning work in a UWP is a prerequisite for PGP funding of master planning studies having areawide significance. This applies even if the UWP does not contain an airport system planning element. The determination of whether or not a master planning effort has areawide significance shall be made by the cognizant A-95 agency in consultation with the sponsor and the agency responsible for preparation of the UWP. The determination of significance or non -significance should be stated in the PGP application, part II, item 5. c. Study Boundaries. The appropriate study boundaries for a metropolitan or regional airport system planning effort may extend beyond the normal UWP study limits of the urbanized area. When the boundaries of the urbanized area and the system planning study boundaries are not the same, the aviation element of the UWP should be expanded to cover the entire study area. Chap 7 Par 70 33