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MPO unveils Move Victoria 2050 draft plan and opens 30-day public comment period
Summary
The metropolitan planning organization presented a fiscally constrained long-range transportation plan (Move Victoria 2050), citing improved safety and infrastructure performance and opening a 30-day comment period with an expected adoption by the MPO Policy Advisory Committee on April 8.
The Victoria Metropolitan Planning Organization presented a draft long-range transportation plan, Move Victoria 2050, at Tuesday’s City Council meeting and opened a 30-day public comment period for residents and stakeholders.
Julie Wilkins, staff liaison for the MPO, described the MPO as the federally designated planning body that coordinates federal highway and transit dollars in the region. Consultant Ben Meggion of Alliance Transportation Group explained the draft’s methodology, which draws on crash, pavement and bridge data, travel-time metrics and performance targets developed with TxDOT and local partners.
Meggion said the plan measures safety, infrastructure condition and system performance and aims to maintain fiscal constraint by matching average expected revenues to inflated project cost estimates. He described a three-stage project list (short-, medium- and long-term) and noted project readiness and ‘‘shovel-ready’’ status are factors in project ranking. The consultant also emphasized project types such as signal upgrades, sidewalk and corridor improvements and corridor-specific reliability work.
Wilkins and Meggion said the MPO will host the draft plan and an interactive project map on the MPO project website; the map allows users to click projects and leave pinned comments. Meggion said the public comment period is 30 days and that final adoption by the MPO Policy Advisory Committee is expected April 8.
Council members praised the depth of the draft. The presentation materials, planners said, include comparisons to statewide targets and show recent improvements in safety and pavement condition attributed to regional investments. Staff noted the plan is fiscally constrained and excludes one-time outlier funds such as CARES Act arrivals when projecting revenues.
The MPO asked residents and stakeholders to review the draft plan and project list on the project website during the comment window and to use the map and survey tools to leave feedback.
