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Forward Pinellas adopts regional priorities and moves ahead on MPO merger procurement
Summary
Forward Pinellas approved regional transportation priorities for 2025 and endorsed a procurement to hire consultants to study a possible merger of Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco metropolitan planning organizations, beginning an expected multi‑year process.
Forward Pinellas on an affirmative voice vote approved regional transportation priorities for 2025 and authorized participation in a procurement to hire management and legal consultants to study a possible merger of the three Tampa Bay area Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).
The item matters because the three MPOs — Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas — must set coordinated priorities to compete for state transportation funds, and the procurement begins the formal study of whether and how the MPOs should merge into a regional MPO that could alter governance and long‑term regional planning.
Whit Blanton, executive director of Forward Pinellas, described the TMA Leadership…
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