Regional Transportation Plan (RTP)
Every four years, MPOs must update their
long-range transportation plan with at least a 20 year
planning horizon. This long-range plan must be
financially reasonable and conform to air-quality
standards. Significantly, no transportation projects in
the region may be funded with federal money unless the
projects are found in an approved long-range
transportation plan.
In March, 2007,
WILMAPCO updated its Regional Transportation
Plan (RTP). This plan provides a guide for
transportation plans scheduled in New Castle
County, Delaware and Cecil County Maryland
through the year 2030.
The 2030 RTP
consists of goals and objectives that are
designed to address our region's challenges.
A list of actions are produced for each goal to
guide WILMAPCO staff and member agencies in the
coming years.
The RTP first examines the forecasted
trends such as population, employment, housing, and trip
making. We then identify the transportation challenges
that these trends predict, and propose transportation
investments that will mitigate these challenges. Its
purpose is to steer our region into a transportation
future that will provide the quality of life our
citizens desire. The long-range transportation plan
provides not only a framework for future decision
making, such that all future proposed transportation
projects must support the goals of the Plan, but it also
lists all of the anticipated short and long term
transportation projects. In this respect, the long-range
transportation plan is both a policy document and an
action document. The goals of the long-range plan will
be accomplished through the efforts of the member
Departments of Transportation, Transit Authorities,
States, Counties and municipalities.
You can review the RTP in .PDF format below.
To download free viewing software, visit
http://www.adobe.com. Please direct comments to
wilmapco@wilmapco.org.
Additional Information
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On November 13th 2006
WILMAPCO held an "Our
Town" public workshop.
The purpose of the event
was to unveil the draft
Long-Range Regional
Transportation Plan 2030
and to educate the
public about alternative
transportation finance
strategies. Speakers
included Kevin Soucie,
named 2003 "Innovator of
the Year". Soucie is a
consultant on
transportation policy
and government affairs.
He detailed
public-private
partnerships, and their
need, given the current
financial transportation
funding crisis faced by
our region. Additional
speakers included Jim
Hatter, an innovative
finance specialist for
the United States
Department of
Transportation Federal
Highway Administration
and Shirley Ybarra,
former Secretary of the
Virginia Department of
Transportation. The
event concluded with a
question and answer
panel which included all
of the speakers. A CD
containing all of the
speaker's presentations
is available by request
or they can be viewed by
clicking the links
below.
Our Town 2006 -
Innovative Finance
Strategies
Our Town Speaker
Presentations:
Our Town Poster
Boards:
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