Tri-Lakes MPO accepting comments on 2045 MTP

The Tri-Lakes Metropolitan Planning Organization is now accepting public comments on the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan.

The Tri-Lakes Metropolitan Planning Organization is responsible for conducting a continuous, comprehensive and cooperative metropolitan transportation planning process with the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Hot Springs Intracity Transit, and other local, state and federal government agencies and interested parties, a news release said.

The MPO is responsible for planning and programming various types of transportation projects including highways, bridges, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and trails, in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan and other documents. The development and content of the MTP requires a planning horizon of at least 20 years, and an update cycle of five years, the release said.

The comment period runs through July 6. All comments must be received in writing by email or mail, postmarked no later than July 6.

Copies of the draft will be available at the MPO Office and website, Garland County Court House, Hot Spring County Court House, Garland County

Library, Transportation Depot, Hot Springs City Hall, Hot Springs Village, the city offices of Fountain Lake and Mountain Pine, The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, Hot Springs National Park, United Way of the Ouachitas, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, and, in Little Rock, at the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Office.

A video providing an overview of the draft is available on the MPO’s YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA9ZK263UElQ3jdUX3OI6WQ.

For more information, visit https://wcapdd.org/tri-lakesmpo or write to Emmily Tiampati, MPO Study director, at Tri-Lakes MPO, 1000 Central Ave., P.O Box 6409, Hot Springs AR 71902.