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Kern COG executive director outlines regional transportation role, funding and projects
Summary
Jay Schlosser, executive director of the Kern Council of Governments, told the Ridgecrest City Council on Oct. 1 that Kern COG is the federally designated metropolitan planning organization for Kern County, explained major funding streams and highlighted local projects and the agency’s role in RHNA housing allocations and advocacy.
Jay Schlosser, executive director of the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG), told the Ridgecrest City Council on Oct. 1 that Kern COG serves as the federally designated metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and the state regional transportation planning agency for Kern County, and outlined the agency’s planning, funding and advocacy roles.
"We are the federally designated metropolitan planning organization and the state designated regional transportation planning agency," Schlosser said, summarizing Kern COG’s mandate to do long‑range transportation planning for all of Kern County. He described the regional transportation plan (RTP) as the agency’s major recurring product and said staff maintain a traffic model that covers more than 3,000 centerline miles of roadway.
Schlosser told the council that Kern COG allocates and manages state and federal transportation funds for the county and acts as…
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