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January 2012 Workshops for Total Mobility Plan
CORE MPO is pleased to announce another series of public workshops on the Total Mobility Plan. These workshops will be held in January 2012 at various locations in Chatham County. Please click here for detailed locations and meeting time.
The December meetings of the MPO Board, TCC, CAC, and ACAT have been cancelled.
Click here for the 2012 schedule of MPO meetings. The schedule also is continually available for your reference as a link in the green bar at right.
Design alternatives under consideration in the MPO's US 80 Bridges Study are available on website.
The visuals and other materials that were displayed at the Public Meeting Drop-in on August 30, 2011, are now posted on the Public Participation page of the US 80 Bridges Study website. Click here.
Chatham County Projects for TIA Regional Funding
The Executive Committee of the Coastal Region Roundtable has selected a list of projects for funding by the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 (TIA 2010) regional sales tax. To see the Chatham County projects, please click here. To see the projects in the 10-county area, please click here.
FY 2012-2015 TIP Revisions
The CORE MPO Board adopted the FY 2012-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) on June 22, 2011 and adopted revisions to the TIP on August 24, 2011. To review the TIP revisions, please click here. To review the revised TIP document, please click here.
FY 2012 UPWP Adopted by CORE MPO Board
The CORE MPO Board adopted the FY 2012 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) on April 27, 2011. To review the UPWP document that outlines the CORE MPO staff work program in fiscal year 2012, please click here.
Revised HST and PMP Adopted
The CORE MPO adopted the revised documents of the Coordinated Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Plan for the Savannah Area (HST) and the Program Management Plan (PMP) on June 22, 2011. To review the revised HST, please click here. To review the revised PMP, please click here.
Program of Projects for 2011 JARC and New Freedom Funds
CORE MPO invited eligible agencies to submit project proposals for public transit – human services project funding in April. The funding for the projects comes from the federal Section 5316 Job Access and Reverse Commute Program (JARC) and Section 5317 New Freedom Program. Five projects have been selected for the funding. The Program of Projects lists all of these projects and the funding awarded to them.
CORE MPO Project Submittal for Regional Funding of Transportation Investment Act of 2010
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) solicited projects for the regional funding of the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 (TIA 2010). CORE MPO submitted the projects of the Savannah area to GDOT by the March 30, 2011 deadline. To see the MPO submittals, please click here.
Summary of 2010 Bicycle and Pedestrian Counts is available
Counts were conducted at nine locations throughout Chatham County. To learn more, click here.
LRTP Amendments Adopted
The CORE MPO Board adopted a series of amendments to the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan at the October 27, 2010 meeting. To review the adopted amendments, please click here.
CORE MPO Comments to the Transportation Investment Act of 2010
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) invited the local jurisdictions and MPOs to submit comments on the draft criteria for the development of the investment list per the Transportation Investment Act of 2010 or House Bill 277. The CORE MPO submitted the comments to GDOT by the September 30 deadline. To see the MPO comments, please click here. To see the draft criteria, please click here. To see a summary of HB 277, please click here. To see the timeline for implementing HB 277, please click here.
Public Meeting for SR 204 Corridor Study: Sept. 7, 5:30 p.m. at the Armstrong Center in Savannah, GA.
Public Meeting for SR 21 Corridor Study: Sept. 9, 5:30 p.m. at Mercer Middle School in Garden City, GA.
Public Meeting for US 80 Bridges Study: Sept. 16, 6:00 p.m. at Tybee Island City Hall.
Adoption of Amendments to MPO Documents
The CORE MPO Board adopted amendments to several important MPO documents on August 25, 2010. The adopted amendments to the CORE Connections 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is shown here. The adopted amendments to the FY 2011-2014 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is shown here. The resolution for adoption of the amendment to the FY 2011 Unified Planning Work Program can be seen here.
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