Metropolitan Transportation Plan

The Metropolitan Transportation Plan is the MPO’s long-range plan that has a twenty-five year focus and is updated every five years. The current MTP was adopted on November 17, 2004, and covers fiscal years 2005 to 2030. The plan identifies long-range transportation needs, prioritizes programs and projects, provides a means for regional brainstorming on transportation aspects and serves as the basis for the planning needs and decision-making guidelines for the MPO Board. This is accomplished through identifying present and future transportation corridors, forecasting transportation needs and growth patterns, providing estimated costs for implementation of those needs and including other innovative approaches to transportation.

The purpose of the MTP is to systematize multi-modal transportation planning for all modes of travel and thus ensure that plans, programs and policies are interconnected and also to provide transportation coordination among the city, county, state and other entities. This is accomplished thru integration of both metropolitan and regional planning. This integration will give the ability to meet the transportation challenges ahead and effectively and efficiently gather the resources to overcome them. The MTP incorporates a multi-modal approach to transportation planning and includes not only roadways, but also transit, airports, train, freight, bikeways and pedestrian travel.

This multi-modal approach helps illustrate the growing importance of alternative means of transportation in our increasing diverse society. San Angelo’s economy, prosperity, and standard of living are dependent on several factors. As residents we require access to jobs, health care and education. We want access to churches and parks to enrich our lives. Businesses need access to raw materials and customers. In addition, consumable items such as groceries and gas must be brought to San Angelo for residents and businesses alike. All these factors rely on transportation. A comprehensive transportation network which incorporates freight routes, urban traffic needs and alternative modes of transportation enables San Angelo to provide for the needs of residents, businesses and visitors. In contrast, an uncoordinated transportation network is inefficient and ineffective in providing these services.

The MTP is a financially constrained document that includes a wish list of projects that could be implemented as funding becomes available. Updates to the MTP will be part of the planning process and will incorporate changes as they become necessary.

The Metropolitan Transportation Plan will continue the planning efforts for a comprehensive transportation network. The Plan enables construction of transportation facilities in places where they will be best used and allows the City’s growth to be directed toward the most suitable areas for industry, neighborhoods and services. The Plan also provides a long-range focus for planning which helps to ensure that community needs are met well into the future.

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