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WFRC outlines RTP project screening and asks planners how they want to engage
Summary
WFRC long‑range planning staff described the 2025 regional transportation plan process, the screening steps that will put projects into a preferred scenario for 2027–2055, and solicited TAC input on the level and timing of planner review.
Jory (WFRC long‑range planning) briefed the RGC TAC on the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) update process and asked planners how the TAC should be used during project screening and technical evaluation.
"A preferred scenario is pretty much the projects that are needed between now and our horizon year," Jory said, explaining that the plan horizon is being extended from 2050 to 2055 for the 2027 RTP cycle. He described three broad steps for 2025: preliminary screening of candidate projects, technical evaluation of screened projects, and phasing/funding analysis in 2026 that will assign projects to decades based on revenues and needs.
Jory said candidate projects include existing RTP projects, proposals collected during the fall workshops, projects submitted by stakeholders (universities, large landholders), public comments and studies submitted by jurisdictions. Projects that clear technical evaluation will be recommended for the preferred scenario; others will be retained as "exploratory concepts" pending further study or land‑use changes.
Planners asked when updated population and employment forecasts will be available for local review. Jory replied WFRC is waiting for county‑level forecasts from the Gardner Policy Institute and expects to distribute draft numbers later in spring and into summer for review at both city and traffic‑analysis‑zone (TAZ) granularity.
Discussion at the meeting suggested the TAC focus on projects that affect multiple communities or regional corridors rather than small, isolated local items such as a single signal in one downtown. WFRC staff said they will coordinate individually with communities on specific projects and bring system‑level or multi‑community proposals to the TAC for broader review.
