4 f -77 Springfield Area Transportation Study Organization (Springfield, MO Area MPO) Background Information What is an "MPO"? MPO stands for "Metropolitan Planning Organization". The Springfield, MO Area MPO is the federally designated regional transportation planning organization that serves as a forum for cooperative transportation decision-making by state and local governments, and regional transportation and planning agencies. By federal law, any urban area with a population greater than 50,000 people is required to have an MPO. MPO's are charged with maintaining and conducting a "continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive" regional transportation planning and project programming process for the MPO's study area. What this means is that the MPO Board must make regional decisions (cooperative) on how the transportation network (comprehensive) will function and grow over the next 20 years (continuing). The study area is defined as the area projected to become urbanized within the next 20 years (see attached map). The MPO includes local elected officials from the Counties of Christian and Greene, the Cities of Battlefield, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, Springfield, Strafford, and Willard, and appointed members from the Springfield-Branson Regional Airport Board and City Utilities. There are also three at-large representatives that are appointed by the City of Springfield and one at-large representative appointed by the MPO Board. The City of Brookline is also in the MPO service area but has yet to appoint a representative to the MPO. Non-voting Federal and State agencies with MPO membership include the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and the Missouri Department ofTransportation. Currently, the MPO Director is a contract employee with the City of Springfield, but answers to the Board of Directors. Representatives from the MoDOT, local governments, and area transportation agencies serve on the MPO's Technical Committee (TO. The TC provides technical review, comments, and recommendations on draft MPO plans, programs, studies, and issues. Lone Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) The LRTP serves as the framework and initial step in developing the region's network of transportation facilities and services. The LRTP uses a balanced, multimodal approach (i.e. automobile, buses, car and vanpools, bicycles, congestion and transportation demand management, truck and rail cargo, etc.) to address the region's long term (20 years) projected travel needs, and provides for the consideration of impacts on the natural and human environment. Projects proposed in the LRTP must be within projected levels of available financial resources and must also meet federal air quality and planning requirements. Highway and public transportation projects and programs must be consistent with the MPO's final adopted LRTP in order to be eligible for federal- aid funds. 1 \ 4 A 4 -€= Congestion Management Svstems (C(IS) The CMS is a systematic process for managing congestion by providing information on transportation system performance and proposing the use of alternative transportation strategies and programs to help alleviate congestion. The region's CMS document is currently under development and will evaluate where congestion is occurring, determine strategies to alleviate that congestion, and then develop evaluation criteria to determine if the selected strategies are working to address congestion. The CMS also documents current congestion management strategies and programs in the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The CMS is updated every 5 years in conjunction with the LRTP update. Transportation Improvement Program (TIP1 The MPO maintains and periodically updates the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP is a staged, multimodal program of projects for which federal- aid highway, aviation, and transit funds have been allocated and/or scheduled for allocation. The TIP also provides information on the allocation of state and local funds, and private funded projects. Unified Planning Work Program (UWP) The Unified Planning Work Program (UWP) spells out the activities, including plans and programs, the MI'O will undertake during the fiscal year. The Springfield Area MPO UWP includes work tasks such as administration, corridor planning, ridesharing, transportation planning and plan implementation, transit planning, and special studies. The UWP is similar to a city or county departments annual work program, except that the UWP budget is funded by two different federal transportation agencies and a local cash match. Where To Get More Information Ifyou have any questions about the MPO, please contact Dan Rudge, Executive Director, Springfield Area Transportation Study Organization, at (417) 864-1093. Mr. Rudge can also be reached by e-mail at drudge@ci.sprinefield.mo.us or by regular mail at Springfield Area Transportation Study Organization P.O. Box 8368 840 Boonville Springfield, MO 65801-1031 2 sportation Study Organization -MagZRJ -1 rea MPO) N 3 1 I Section lino US 160 HwyUU Hwy 0 1 - HwyM 0Hwvc *noowobstor· 08¢t« 0 1 1 L Wobsfor County 1 Hwy T 1 88< EL 432.2 5 Groono Coung Hwy EE :DMsion 3 r Hwy YY MO 266 s.4 A Z I - 9 E.Battklteld ttwy AD Farm Road 6 HwyTT Hwy M 1 US 60 L i 1 J Z 931'Ami OVI Z 4/7 Counly |4 7i-| Mo 14 ·1 MC)14 -j eull UODOUS I.UP ....62»0 14 }.Section line I ,- g Current MPO Planning Bounda}y (246 sq ates) E f; I Ub -bo . Proposed MPO Planning Boundary Expansion (427 Sqmnes) 1 - Census Urbanized Boundary (1990 Census) 1 . Dr Scale 1:220,000 4 ey STATUS OF FY 2003 PROJECTS Highways/ Roads CHRISTIAN COUNTY Proiect Description Tvpe of Improvement St'tus 2003 Nicholas Road- Hwy. 14 ROW Acquisition Design programmed for 2004 North to Greene County Line Springfield Area MPO 2004-2006 Transportation Improvement Program DI PROGRAMMED IMPROVEMENTS Highway/ Roads Christian County (Unincorporated Area) FY 2004 State Highway F (MoDOT Project #8S0615) TIP # CH0401 Grading, paving and replacement of Bridge over Elk Creek 1.5 miles west of Route 65. Involves Bridge Y-753. Federal Source Agency: FHWA Federal Funding Category: Bridge MoDot Funding Category: Taking Care of the System (Rehab and Reconst) W6rk or Fund Category: Construction Federal: $964,000 MoDOT: $241,000 TOTAL FY 2004: Sl,205,000 * Previous Funding: $471,000 Project Total: $1,676,000 Riverdale Road TIP # CH0402 , Replacement of Bridge over Finley River. BRO-022(06). Federal Source Agency: FHWA Federal Funding Category: Bridge MoDot Funding Category: BRO (Off-system BridgeProgram) Work or Fund Category: PE/ ROW/ Construction Federal: $520,000 MoDOT: $130,000 Project Total 2004: $650,000 Route CC (MoDOT Project # SS0738) TIP #CH0403 Paving only 0.9 miles west ofthe Route 65 and Route CC Interchange. Reimbursement of $100,000 to Ozark Special Road District for portion of permit. Project on state right-of-way. Federal Source Agency: FHWA Federal Funding Category: STP MoDot Funding Category: Taking Care of the System (Rehab and Reconst) Work or Fund Category: Construction Federal: $0 MoDot: $117,000 TOTAL FY 2004: $117,000 Springfield Area MPO 2004-2006 Transportation Improvement Program D9 03/01/2004 03:32 4178641881 P[Elf}ING-DEPf SCI STATUS OF FY 2004 PROJECTS Highways/ RGads CILRISTIAN COUNTY Proicct Description Tvne of Imnrovement Status 2004 Nkholas Road-Hwy. I4 ROW Acquisition Norlli to Greene County Line State Highway F Grading,paving and replacement of Bridge over Elk Creek 1,5 miles west of Route 65. Riverdale Road Replacement of Bridge over Finley River. BRO- 022(06). Route CC Paving only 0.9 miles west of the Route 65 and Route CC Interchange. Ozlirks 1ransportation Organizaton 2005-2007 Trmisporlation Improvemet# Program D1 MEMO To: John Grubaugh, Presiding Commissioner Bill Barnett, Western Commissioner Tom Chudomelka, Eastern Commissioner From: Jeff W. Byrd, County Planner Date: JuIy 21, 2003 RE: I