CCRPC updates regional future land‑use map under Act 181; LRPC to finalize maps and environmental analysis

CCRPC staff told the board July 16 that the regional Ecos plan update — including the new regional future land‑use map required by Act 181 — is nearing completion but will remain iterative as staff and the long range planning committee refine maps and targets. Taylor Newton, planning program director at CCRPC, said the regional plan update has been under way for four years and was delayed for additional public outreach and by requirements created under Act 181. Newton told the board the regional future land‑use map uses 11 statutorily required categories and that the map revisions now under LRPC review will feed housing-target calculations required by the HOME Act of 2023. Newton said the LRPC has worked municipality by municipality and described two representative map changes: in Williston, an area along Redmond Road that had been mapped as a planned…