Transportation for Communities - Advancing Projects Through Partnerships
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Transportation Phases
- Long Range Transportation Planning
- Integrated Programming and Fiscal Constraint
- Corridor Planning
- Environmental Review Merged with Permitting
Applications - Linking MPO Planning and NEPA
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LRP-10
Adopt LRTP by MPO
Description: At this key decision a final plan is adopted by the MPO board. This plan includes the preferred scenario, fiscal constraint, and air quality conformity. It has been revised to reflect stakeholder comments received on the draft LRTP.
There is information developed in prior key decisions that informs this step.
Purpose
To review the Draft LRTP that reflects the public comment for final adoption
Outcome
Adopted LRTP
Partner Roles | ||
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FHWA |
Advisor |
Ensures that LRTP adoption meets all legal requirements |
MPO |
Decision Maker |
Adopts a LRTP that addresses the transportation needs of the region while remaining consistent with the approved vision and goals |
Resource Agency |
Advisor |
Advise partners in the development of a conservation and mitigation strategy for the preferred transportation scenario. Approve a MOU, agreement or programmatic permit and performance monitoring strategy for mitigation sites. |
State DOT |
Advisor |
Ensures that the LRTP meets all federal requirements and state interests |
Process |
Integration Type |
Integration Description |
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| Land Use and Smart Growth | None. | None. |
| Air Quality Conformity | None. | None. |
| Natural Environment and the IEF | Decision Between IEF Step 5 - Establish & Prioritize Ecological Actions and LRP-10 | Transportation and resource agency partners make a joint decision about the conservation and mitigation strategy for the preferred scenario in the long range plan. | Decision Between IEF Step 6 - Develop Crediting Strategy and LRP-10 | Review and approve use of identified crediting strategies. | Decision Between IEF Step 7 - Develop Programmatic Consultation, Biological Opinion or Permit and LRP-10 | MOUs, agreements, programmatic 404 permits or programmatic ESA section 7 consultation (Note that individual permits would have to be issued during project development). Agreed upon performance monitoring strategy for mitigation sites. |
| Capital Improvement | None. | None. |
| Safety and Security | None. | None. |
| Human Environment | None. | None. |
| Economic Development | None. | None. |
| Greenhouse Gas | None. | None. |
Linkages to other Phases of Transportation Decision Making | ||
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Key Decision |
What is Linked? |
Purpose of Linkage |
To Corridor Planning Studies |
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COR-1 - Approve Scope of Corridor Planning Process |
The adopted LRTP including information related to recommended improvements in the corridor |
To help define the scope of the corridor planning process |
To Integrated Programming and Fiscal Constraint |
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PRO-4 - Approve Project Prioritization |
Adopted LRTP with fiscal constraint |
To provide plan revenue in horizon years |
PRO-6 - Adopt TIP by MPO |
Adopted LRTP |
To inform the approval of projects |
PRO-7 - Approve TIP by Governor and Incorporate into Draft STIP |
Adopted LRTP |
Validation of fiscal constraint for LRTP |
To Environmental Review |
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ENV-1 - Reach Consensus on Scope of Environmental Review |
Relevant information from the adopted long range plan, including strategies and scenarios that were evaluated and eliminated |
To inform the scope of the environmental review process |
ENV-8 - Approve Draft EIS with Conceptual Mitigation |
Advance mitigation strategy and agreements from the adopted LRTP |
To inform conceptual mitigation incorporated in the Draft EIS |
ENV-12 - Reach Consensus on Avoidance and Minimization for the LEDPA |
Advance mitigation strategy and agreements from the adopted LRTP |
To inform avoidance and minimization for the LEDPA |
ENV-15 - Render Permit Decision and Approve Avoidance and Minimization |
Advance mitigation strategy and agreements from the adopted LRTP |
To inform avoidance and minimization as well as compensatory mitigation incorporated with permit conditions |
Policy Questions |
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Questions about purpose and roles |
No specific questions. |
Questions about stakeholders |
What comments have been received and how were they addressed? |
Questions about the transportation process supporting the decision |
No specific questions. |
Questions about other phases |
No specific questions. |
Questions about non-transportation sectors/processes |
Do we have agreement on implementation of the mitigation strategy? |
Have we developed agreements for the use of markets to meet mitigation requirements? | |
Have we identified a mitigation strategy that is acceptable to all partners that will meet retention goals for each impacted area or resource? | |
How can conservation goals be met, if at all, through these mitigation approaches? | |
What are our mitigation priorities? | |
Questions to Gather Stakeholder Interests |
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None. |
Questions to Incorporate Stakeholder Interests |
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None. |
Case Study Example(s): |
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None. |
Supporting Data for the Key Decision |
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From other phases of transportation decision making |
Long Range Planning |
Fiscal constraint analysis that supports plan. | Programming |
No Specific Data |
Corridor Planning |
No Specific Data |
Environmental Review |
No Specific Data |
From other sectors and processes |
Land Use and Smart Growth |
No Specific Data | Air Quality Conformity |
No Specific Data |
Natural Environment and the IEF |
No Specific Data |
Capital Improvement |
No Specific Data |
Safety and Security |
No Specific Data |
Human Environment |
No Specific Data |
Economic Development |
No Specific Data |
Greenhouse Gas |
No Specific Data |
From the transportation technical process supporting this key decision |
Approved air quality conformity analysis. | |
From stakeholder collaboration |
Public comment received. | |
From public private partnership |
No Specific Data | |
The following is a list of data needed to support the key decision. Practitioners collect this information for decision makers to consider. You may add to this list using the comment box at the bottom of the page. Supporting Tools and Technology | |
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Category |
Detail |
Gathering |
Commenting Tools: Used to collect and process public comments on the draft LRTP. In addition, may aggregate comments into categories and track the responses to each comment. |
Key Decision Relationship to Other Topics | |
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| None. |