CDOT staff told regional planning partners that draft regional plans are available and the statewide draft will be released for public review in mid-July as part of the agency's 2050 statewide transportation plan update.

Marissa Gahan, assistant director for multimodal planning in CDOT's Division of Transportation Development, thanked local partners for a year of outreach and said the department will bring the draft regional transportation plan to Upper Front Range later the day of the meeting and to Eastern Colorado a week later. “We'll be bringing the draft regional transportation plan to upper front range later today and then eastern, on Monday of next week,” Marissa said.

Erin Willis, statewide and regional planning section manager, described public engagement metrics and telephone town halls, reporting that “we have completed 5 telephone town halls. We have 3 more left.” She and colleagues also reported a public survey with about 1,400 respondents as of the packet date and a soft survey deadline of about June 12; CDOT planned to extend outreach to ensure statewide representation and begin analysis after the initial deadline.

Key dates and participation
- Survey: roughly 1,400 respondents as of the packet; CDOT will extend outreach and begin analysis after a soft deadline around June 12.
- Telephone town halls: five completed with three remaining; calls are described as running six to fourteen minutes of engagement on average per participant.
- Public comment period: CDOT scheduled public review and comment on draft plans from July 16 to August 15. CDOT staff said they will run a larger outreach push (email, press releases) at that time.

Why it matters
The statewide plan sets a 10-year fiscal horizon and a longer vision to guide CDOT's capital and multimodal priorities. Staff framed the plan as a tool to maximize limited dollars by coordinating state, federal and enterprise funding. Marissa said CDOT oversees about $1.7 billion annually and emphasized the importance of local input to align priorities with constrained resources.

CDOT asked TPRs and MPOs to review draft regional plans and return edits before the public-release window so the materials reflect local priorities in the public review.

Ending: CDOT staff said they will begin analysis of survey results immediately and rely on partners to circulate the July public-comment items statewide. Regions were asked to submit edits to draft regional plans prior to the July 16 public review launch.