Monday, December 2, 2013

Public Open House For Transportation Improvement Program Update


One of the mandates of the federal government is that our Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) has to be consistent with our long-range transportation program, which makes sense. We recently updated our long-range plan, known as Horizon 2040, which means we had to update our TIP as well, to make sure they reflect each other.

The TIP is a four-year funding program document that lists transportation improvements proposed by jurisdictions within Spokane County. It identifies specific programs or projects they plan to build or undertake during the upcoming four years.

Another government requirement is that whenever you make substantial changes to either document, they have to go through a public comment period, including a meeting to give members of the public a chance to review and comment on the documents.

The TIP is out to a public comment period right now, and an
 open house is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, December 3 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. It will be held at SRTC's office,  221 W. First Ave., Suite 310, Spokane, WA 99201. 
 
The TIP can be viewed at http://www.srtc.org/. If you'd like to submit comments but cannot attend the open house, the public comment period goes through 4 p.m. on December 11, 2013. Comments may be emailed to contact.srtc@srtc.org, mailed to SRTC at the address above, or phoned in to (509) 343-6370.

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About SRTC

SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.