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Craven County commissioners approve expanding MPO planning boundary and move lead agency to county
Summary
The board approved expanding the metropolitan planning organization boundary to include all of Craven County and authorized moving the MPO lead planning agency from the City of New Bern to Craven County, citing population growth and travel‑pattern changes in the county’s long‑range plan.
Deanna Treble told the board on April 6 that the New Bern area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s long‑range transportation plan identified population growth and changing travel patterns—particularly in Havelock and Vanceboro—that justify expanding the MPO planning boundary to include all of Craven County.
Treble said the expansion would allow transportation planning to be centralized…
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