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Pasco MPO advances regional merger discussions after peer exchanges with MetroPlan Orlando and other MPOs

Pasco County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) · January 8, 2026

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Summary

Staff told the board the MPO has held peer exchanges and workshops (including MetroPlan Orlando) and is planning Tri-County meetings to resolve representation and transit-vs-road priority questions as it advances a proposed Tampa Bay regional MPO merger.

Pasco MPO staff updated the board on 90 days of work toward a proposed Tampa Bay regional MPO merger, reporting peer exchanges with MetroPlan Orlando, a principals’ workshop and outreach to merged MPOs in Virginia and Texas. Staff said the exchanges produced practical guidance on board structure, LRTP integration and project prioritization used by merged MPOs.

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