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Monmouth studies 20-year transportation plan that prioritizes multimodal projects amid constrained funding
Summary
City staff presented a 20-year Transportation System Plan that identifies 90 projects (streets, intersections, bike/ped, transit and urban upgrades) with estimated construction needs of about $173.8 million but financially constrained revenue of roughly $14.6 million; council supported moving the plan to code amendments and public hearings and asked staff for a shorter public summary.
Monmouth city staff and consultant DKS Associates presented an updated Transportation System Plan (TSP) on Nov. 4 that lays out a 20-year multimodal project list, proposed design standards and a financially constrained implementation program.
Russ Cooper, city staff, said the TSP is intended to modernize street cross-sections, improve multimodal connectivity and guide transportation investments consistent with statewide planning Goal 12. The plan uses a local population projection that grows Monmouth from about 11,110 in 2020 to an anticipated 16,527 by 2045 (an annual growth rate used in regional modeling of roughly 1.95 percent).
The project universe includes roughly 90 projects — 14 street extensions, 10 intersection improvements, 41 bicycle/pedestrian…
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