Citizens Continue
Planning
for Missouri's
Transportation Future
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri
citizens are taking lead roles around the state as planning for
the state's future transportation system moves ahead. 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. The meetings are open to the public.
The schedule is as follows.
• Central Regional
Working Group Meeting
Jan. 31, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm OATS, Inc.
2501 Maguire Blvd.
Columbia, MO 65201
• West Central/Kansas
City Regional Working Group Meeting
Jan. 31, 2006 , 2 pm to 5 pm
MoDOT District 4 Office
600 NE Colbern Road
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
• Southeast
Regional Working Group Meeting
Jan. 31, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce
1111 W. Pine Street
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
• Northwest
Regional Working Group Meeting
Feb. 10, 2006, 9 am to 12 pm
Ketcham Community Center
- located on North Central Missouri College campus
1322 Mable Street
Trenton, MO 64683
• Southwest
Regional Working Group Meeting
Jan. 30, 2006, 2 pm to 5 pm Grant's Restaurant
114 Chapell Drive
Monett, MO 65708
• Northeast/St. Louis Regional Working
Group Meeting Jan. 31, 2006, 1 pm to 4 pm
General Motors VM Wentzville
Assembly Center
1500 East Route A. Wentzville, MO 63385
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 ow 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."
Citizens 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 oject 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
.
