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LATS/MPO outlines TIP, corridor studies and new transit/resilience projects for the region
Summary
Stephanie of the Metropolitan Planning Organization (LATS) briefed the committee on the long-range transportation plan (next update due 2027), the Transportation Improvement Program, and a slate of corridor, transit and resilience studies — including Bluffton Parkway, SC 170, US 278, and a Northern Beaufort transit study — and said LATS programs about $8.5 million in federal funds annually.
Stephanie, representing the Metropolitan Planning Organization, told the committee that the long-range transportation plan is the region's 20-year blueprint (last updated 2022) and that the next update is due in 2027. "The Metropolitan Planning Organization or LATTS, is responsible for planning for the federal dollars that come to our region... We receive $8,500,000 annually," she said, and noted that those dollars can be banked across years to fund larger projects.
She outlined the TIP and a list of 14 projects currently in programming, including preliminary engineering for US 321/SC 46, access management work on US 17, preliminary engineering on US 278 widening, Bluffton Parkway corridor and study work, Lady's Island bridge-study options, and several intersection improvements. Stephanie described forthcoming public outreach for the Bluffton Parkway corridor (public meeting April 9) and a policy committee presentation anticipated in June (with a possible shift to August to avoid overlap with other presentations). She also summarized regional grant-funded work including a Safe Streets for All safety-action plan and a PROTECT-funded vulnerability assessment to study roadway flooding and heat impacts.
