Citizens Begin 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 gets underway.  The Missouri Department of Transportation is hosting the first in a series of regional working group meetings to discuss statewide needs, transportation trends and conditions, and opportunities for 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
  Dec. 6, 2005, 1 pm to 4 pm

Missouri River Regional Library
214 Adams St.
Jefferson City, MO 65101

• West Central/Kansas City Regional Working Group Meeting
  Dec.6, 2005, 2 pm. To 5 p.m.

OOIDA Offices
1 NW OOIDA Drive
Grain Valley, MO 64029

• Southeast Regional Working Group Meeting
  Dec. 6, 2005, 3 pm to 5 pm 

Missouri Department of Transportation Southeast (District 10) Office
2675 North Main St.
Sikeston, MO 63801

 

• Northwest Regional Working Group Meeting
  Dec. 7, 2005, 9 am to 12 pm 

Bank Midwest
1304 N Walnut St.
Cameron, MO 64429

• Southwest Regional Working Group Meeting
  Dec. 8, 2005, 2 pm to 5 pm

City Utilities Training Center
301 E. Central
Springfield, MO 65802

• Northeast/St. Louis Regional Working Group Meeting
  Dec. 8, 2005, 2 pm to 5 pm 

Lincoln County Courthouse
201 Main St.
Troy, MO 63379

The Missouri Advance Planning initiative, or MAP, is the beginning of 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 last November, they sent a clear message to state leaders: Improve our transportation system sooner rather than later, and 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.”

Interested persons with questions about the meetings or comments about the MAP initiative should contact MoDOT’s local district offices at 1-888-ASK MODOT or the project manager, Eric Curtit, at (573) 751-6775, e-mail 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.