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Regional planners ask for increased RTPO funding, highlight role in cross‑jurisdiction projects
Summary
Corina Hauser of WSDOT and Mark Daley of the Thurston Regional Planning Council told the Senate Transportation Committee that MPOs and RTPOs provide essential regional planning functions and need greater biennial funding to meet expanding responsibilities.
Corina Hauser, director of the Multimodal Planning and Data Division at the Washington State Department of Transportation, and Mark Daley, executive director of the Thurston Regional Planning Council and chair of the statewide MPO/RTPO coordinating committee, briefed the Senate Transportation Committee on the role and funding needs of regional planners.
"How do you chart the best course forward through so much complexity and uncertainty?" Hauser asked, telling senators that MPOs and RTPOs help build consensus on long‑term regional transportation visions…
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