The Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln Metropolitan Planning Organization (GCLMPO has established a general call for transportation projects for the upcoming round of strategic prioritization.
NCDOT Prioritization
Passed in 2013, the Strategic Transportation Investments law allows the N.C. Department of Transportation to use its funding more efficiently and effectively to enhance the state’s infrastructure, while supporting economic growth, job creation and a higher quality of life. This process encourages thinking from a statewide and regional perspective while also providing flexibility to address local needs.
STI also establishes the Strategic Mobility Formula, which allocates available revenues based on data-driven scoring and local input. It is used to develop NCDOT’s State Transportation Improvement Program, which identifies the transportation projects that will receive funding during a specified 10-year period.
Work is getting started to update the STIP for 2022-2031.
The data-driven process to update the STIP is called strategic prioritization. The cycle kicking off to update the STIP for the years 2022-2031 is called Prioritization 6.0 or P6.0. The process begins when NCDOT divisions and local planning organizations gather public feedback on projects, which then are submitted for evaluation and scoring.
Are your transportation needs being met? The Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln MPO is issuing a general call for projects as priorities are being identified to compete for future funding. The MPO will be accepting project ideas covering all modes of transportation: highway, bicycle and pedestrian, aviation, and public transportation (transit).
Projects may be submitted June 1 – June 30, 2019.
Project submittals may be sent by mail, email, or fax to the following address:
Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln MPO
Attn: Randi Gates, Principal Transportation Planner
PO Box 1748
Gastonia, NC 28053
randig@cityofgastonia.com
FAX: 704-869-1960
All project submittals must be received by June 30, 2019.
The Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln MPO hereby gives public notice of its policy to uphold and assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all related acts and statutes. Title VI and related statutes prohibiting discrimination in Federally assisted programs require that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal assistance.
Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice regarding the Gaston-Cleveland-Lincoln MPO programs has a right to file a formal complaint with the GCLMPO, within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the date of the alleged discrimination occurrence. For instructions on how to file a complaint, or additional information regarding GCLMPO’s nondiscrimination obligations, please contact Randi Gates at 704-854-6604 or randig@cityofgastonia.com.
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