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Cape Cod MPO holds public meeting on draft 20-year Regional Transportation Plan; residents press on canal bridges and bike safety
Summary
The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization's draft long-range Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) outlines multimodal goals, project priorities and a funding framework; staff said public comments are due July 17 and the MPO will consider endorsement July 24. Residents urged clearer ties to the Cape Cod Canal Bridges Program and safer bike-route design on Route 151.
The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization on a virtual public meeting laid out its draft long-range Regional Transportation Plan, a roughly 20-year blueprint that prioritizes multimodal projects, embeds equity across goals and links near-term project buckets to available federal and state funds.
Colleen, Cape Cod Commission staff, opened the meeting by calling the RTP “our long range transportation vision for the region, so looking out around 20 years,” and said the document was developed with input from the Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee and a regional technical subcommittee. The draft released in June is in a 21-day public comment period that staff said closes July 17; the MPO is scheduled to consider endorsement at a virtual meeting on July 24 at 1 p.m.
The plan sets seven goal areas — safety, environmental sustainability, livability and economic vitality, multimodal options, congestion reduction, system preservation and freight mobility — with associated objectives and performance measures to track progress. “We are tracking crash data and fatalities for not only…
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