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Metro COG outlines regional projects, TMA designation and Heartland Trail details
Summary
Ben, Metro COG executive director, briefed the Clay County Board of Commissioners on projects including its new Transportation Management Area status, transit planning, Heartland Trail corridor study and a four‑year fiscally constrained transportation improvement program.
Ben, Metro COG executive director, told the Clay County Board of Commissioners on May 6 that the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization is managing several multi‑jurisdiction projects and has new responsibilities after being designated a Transportation Management Area (TMA).
Nut graf: Metro COG’s update emphasized regional coordination—covering both Minnesota and North Dakota jurisdictions—on major items the county will see in the coming years: a Heartland Trail corridor study, transit development and consolidation issues for MATBUS, a regional rail‑crossings study and a four‑year fiscally constrained Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
At the meeting Ben said the MPO serves a 178‑square‑mile urbanized area and had a 2023 population…
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