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MPO outlines road, bike-ped and transit priorities; few county projects secured in draft STIP
Summary
Adrienne Ritchie of the Western Piedmont Council of Governments told Burke County commissioners on Feb. 17 that the MPO is coordinating long-range transportation plans, project prioritization and discretionary TMA funds, and that several local projects are in the current STIP though many schedules remain subject to change.
Adrienne Ritchie, transportation planner with the Western Piedmont Council of Governments and the Greater Hickory Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), briefed the Board of Commissioners on Feb. 17 about regional transportation planning, project prioritization and funded projects affecting Burke County.
Ritchie explained the MPO’s role — preparing federally required planning products (a unified planning work program, a metropolitan transportation plan, and a transportation improvement program), coordinating technical and elected committees, and performing public involvement and…
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