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Regional planning agency Compass warns of $5.5 billion unfunded transportation gap for Meridian region
Summary
Compass Executive Director Craig Rayborn told the Meridian City Council that rapid population and job growth will widen commute distances and that the region faces roughly $5.5 billion in unfunded transportation needs on top of about $11 billion of anticipated funding.
Craig Rayborn, executive director of Compass, told the Meridian City Council on Nov. 12 that the region is growing rapidly and that projected household and job shifts will increase commute distances and congestion.
"We're averaging about 15 new households a day and about 16 new jobs a day," Rayborn said, describing regional population growth from about 850,000 today to more than 1 million by 2050 and 1.3 million by 2055. He said Compass currently models roughly $11 billion in reasonably anticipated, funded transportation projects and about $16.5 billion in total identified needs — leaving roughly $5.5 billion unfunded, or an average shortfall of about $193 million per…
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