Citizens Continue Planning
for Missouri's
Transportation Future
JEFFERSON CITY -The Missouri
Department of Transportation is hosting another series of regional
working groups to discuss statewide needs, transportation trends
and conditions, and improvements to Missouri's transportation
policies and strategies. At these meetings, Missouri citizens
are leading the state's planning process for Missouri's future
transportation system. The meetings are open to the public.
The schedule is as follows.
• Central Regional
Working Group Meeting
April 4, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm
Meramec Regional Planning
Commission
4 Industrial Drive
St. James, MO 65559
• West Central/Kansas
City Regional Working Group Meeting
April 5, 2006 , 2 pm to 5 pm
MoDOT Kansas City Area
District Office
600 NE Colbern Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
• Southeast
Regional Working Group Meeting
April 5, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm
MoDOT South Central District
Office
910 Springfield Road
Willow Springs, MO 65793
• Northwest
Regional Working Group Meeting
April 5, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm Missouri Department of Conservation
- Northwest Regional Office (located on Missouri Western State
University campus)
701 James McCarthy Drive
St. Joseph, MO 64507
• Southwest
Regional Working Group Meeting
April 3, 2006, 2 pm to 5 pm
Joplin Area Chamber of
Commerce
320 East 4 th Street
Joplin, MO 64801
• Northeast/St.
Louis Regional Working Group Meeting April 4, 2006, 1 pm to 4
pm BASF Corporation
3150 Highway JJ
Palmyra, MO 63461
The Missouri
Advance Planning initiative, or MAP
, is a statewide dialogue on what the state's transportation
system could and should do for its citizens and how best to fulfill
those expectations and potential. This initiative will produce
Missouri's transportation vision and will provide the building
blocks for developing a shared action plan identifying the role
we all play in creating the transportation system we want and
deserve.
"When Missouri voters overwhelmingly
approved Amendment #3 in November 2004, they sent a clear message
to state leaders: improve our transportation system sooner rather
than later. We're doing just that," said MoDOT Director Pete
Rahn. "But what happens next - we need a sound, broadly supported
and widely understood long-term plan for meeting Missouri's transportation
needs."
Others can also offer opinions
about Missouri's future transportation priorities and spending
state transportation dollars through a funding allocation game
found on the MoDOT Web site at www.modot.org
or the MAP Web site at www.mapourfuture.com
. The game challenges players to take care of the state's
roads and bridges, as well as other modes of transportation that
include aviation, waterways, public transportation and rails.
It poses questions about freight, safety, technology, bicyclists
and pedestrians. The game summarizes players' results and tells
the player how he compares to others throughout the state. It
also shows players the current funding allocation MoDOT follows.
Interested persons with
questions about the meetings or comments about the MAP
initiative should contact MoDOT's district offices
at 1-888-ASK MODOT or the project manager, Eric Curtit, at (573)
751-6775, or eric.curtit@modot.mo.gov
. Meeting agendas, regional working groups' membership lists
and maps of the regions, public comment opportunities and additional
information are available on the MAP
Web site at www.mapourfuture.org
.
