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MPO responsibilities

A metropolitan planning organization (MPO) has several purposes. First, to develop a long-range transportation plan that will provide a multi-modal investment strategy for meeting the mobility needs of people and businesses throughout a metropolitan area.

Second, an MPO is responsible for developing the short-range transportation improvement program which prioritizes improvement projects for federal funding purposes. 

MPOs ensure that provisions of state and federal laws pertaining to regional transportation planning are implemented in each metropolitan planning area. The planning area is defined as the existing urbanized area plus the projected 20-year growth area. It is mutually determined by the MPO and the state.

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Last modified: May 4, 2009