2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update
*NEW* Draft Metropolitan Transportation Plan
The Draft of the Metro 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan is available for review! Please click the link below to review the draft document.
Share your thoughts via the online survey or attend one of two public meetings on Wednesday, September 25 at the Hjemkomst Center Oak Room (202 1 Avenue N, Moorhead) to review plan outcomes and chat with the project team!
Public Input Meeting #1
11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Public Input Meeting #2
5:00 Pm to 7:00 PM
The Transportation Technical Committee and Policy Board will also meet to review and act upon the plan in September, 2024.
Transportation Technical Committee
September 26, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Metro COG Conference Room, 1 2nd Street N Suite 232
Join via Zoom:
https://srfconsulting.zoom.us/j/97274597833?pwd=niINsabr06zYHlF9IcEZAukaE940aa.1&from=addon
Phone: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 972 7459 7833
Passcode: 818767
Policy Board
September 26, 2024 | 4:00 PM
Metro COG Conference Room, 1 2nd Street N Suite 232
Join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82228580946?pwd=VGknQYN5fLJgIbbGy9gTNnE2uq38mF.1
Phone: 312-626-6799
Meeting ID: 822 2858 0946
Passcode: 585901
Project Updates - April 2024
The project team has continued the update of the MTP through the Spring of 2024. Efforts have focused on developing regional goals and potential projects using existing conditions analysis and community feedback.
Project Background Information
The 2020 Census estimates a Fargo Moorhead Urbanized Area population of 216,214 residents. The United States Department of Transportation has designated regions with over 200,000 residents as a Transportation Management Area (TMA). This TMA designation changes how federal transportation funds flow to the Fargo Moorhead region. This allows Metro COG and local jurisdictions more responsibility in prioritizing and selecting transportation projects for federal funding. Metro 2050 will reflect this new responsibility and changes to financial projections associated with the TMA designation. Continued regional growth presents both challenges and opportunities for the multimodal transportation system, as the region’s population is forecast to reach 357,322 residents by 2050.
Project Objective
The MTP sets out to evaluate transportation-related needs and priorities in the region, adapt to population shifts, review policy direction, adjust for new legislation & guidance, and address other changes affecting the region. Developing and implementing the MTP is one of the most important responsibilities of Metro COG as a Metropolitan Planning Organization. In coordination with regional and local planning efforts, the MTP will move the entire Metro COG region toward a unified transportation vision.
