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Since 1967 the staff of GRPC has been providing general planning support to the fourteen member jurisdictions through various projects, not limited to land use, mapping and comprehensive planning development. Additionally, GRPC serves as the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) for the urbanized areas of Gulfport-Biloxi and Pascagoula-Moss Point. Our transportation planning process has been certified by the Federal Highway Administration, which allows the GRPC to manage the Surface Transportation Program funds that are allocated to the urban areas.

Upcoming Meetings:

GRPC is hosting a grant writing workshop for Safe Routes to School
on May 20th between the hours of 9:30 to 11:30 at our annex

Safe Routes to School Proposal Writing Workshops

The Mississippi Department of Transportation is offering a two-hour workshop in five locations to provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to develop a sound Safe Routes to School proposal. Examples of successful applications and attachments will be on hand. This workshop is being offered free of charge. Space is limited, so please register early by contacting Cookie Leffler at cleffler@mdot.state.ms.us or 601-359-1454.

ALL ATTENDEES SHOULD BRING A COPY OF THE GUIDELINES AND APPLICATION. These documents are available for download at http://www.gomdot.com/Home/Programs/pdf/SRTS/FundingAvailable.pdf
Hancock County Citizens:
The Last Public Meeting was held May 3rd to obtain citizen input on Hancock County's Comprehensive Plan Draft. The document is a policy statement to help the Board of Supervisor�s guide growth for the next 20 to 25 years by establishing the basis for development regulations and official maps. You can still participate by making comments on the plan, click the underlined text above to view the plan then make you comments by selecting the "mailto:compplan@grpc.com".

Comments;

The deadline to make comments has been extended to May 30th You may e-mail comments and suggestions to mailto:compplan@grpc.com.

News and Announcements

Final TIP documents on line click here
Haley Barbour, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaims May, 2008 as; BICYCLE MONTH - see the proclamation here
50 ways to celebrate Bike Week and Events in this area during bike week
Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA)
Final Status Report April 2008

The Local Update of Census Addresses (LUCA) was completed in April, 2008. Upon request, GRPC assisted nine of the cities and counties impacted by Hurricane Katrina including Hancock County, Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Long Beach, Pass Christian, Gautier, Ocean Springs, and Moss Point in preparing their street address lists in anticipation of the 2010 census. The new addresses lists presented to GRPC by the jurisdictions were compared with the database the Census Bureau sent to the county and cities. GRPC then added to the census database those new addresses not on the Census Bureau�s database, along with their corresponding census tracts and blocks. The tally of new addresses added by jurisdiction was as follows:

Hancock County (Unincorporated)       1,541

Bay St. Louis   195

Waveland 125

Long Beach 547

Pass Christian 198

Ocean Springs 446

Gautier    289

Moss Point    31

Total number of new addresses added to the Census Bureau�s address file:
3,052

The Census Bureau�s database contained some addresses that had been added since Hurricane Katrina. GRPC added to these and also made corrections in some cases where the Census Bureau had incomplete information. These corrections mainly consisted of corrected street name spellings and corrected street types, such as roads, avenues, etc. GRPC also was able to provide correct numberings for some reconstructed apartment projects such as the Longwood Apartments in Long Beach, whose apartment numbering system was changed post-storm.

After reviewing the corrections provided by GRPC the Census Bureau will resubmit the data bases to them in the fall of 2009. At that time the jurisdictions have 30 days to make any final corrections before the address lists are finalized for the 2010 census taking.

The Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure � Gulf Coast Study, sponsored by the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Geological Survey, was published in the Federal Register October 2007.
This Phase I report is posted on the Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP) web at: http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap4-7/.

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Program Management Plan for the Mississippi Gulf Coast MPO

Mississippi Gulf Coast MPO�s Participation Plan
Updated March 2008
View the Final Plan by clicking on the link above or click on the
picture to the left.

Financial Plan Updated April 2008

Download the latest version of the Financial Plan in PDF format by clicking on the link above or click on the picture to the left.

View the new 2006 AADT, The traffic count book is also available in hardcopy at our office.

2007 Mississippi Gulf Coast Apartment Survey
Online Now, 2007 Street Classifications Maps - Save or print these maps illustrating the federal aid street network for each jurisdiction.

MPO Planning

The 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan called, (GCATS), has been adopted by the metropolitan planning organization (MPO) after several years of public involvement and input. We are presenting the final plan for the public to review and to ask questions about the projects that are contained in the plan. We will address all comments submitted by the public. What is important to understand is that;

The Gulf Coast urban area must have a long range plan for any project to be eligible for federal transportation funding,
The plan is inclusive of many, many projects, most likely some of which will not be constructed due to financial constraints
The MPO staff (GRPC) immediately start the process of monitoring population and economic development within the three counties and the impact on the transportation system in order to assess the correctness of the plan.

We will have an interim update to the plan in the year 2010 and start a new plan using the 2010 Census in the year 2013, to be complete in 2015.

The long range plan is composed of the staged improvement program, the listing of projects needed to manage the forecasted travel demand, from which individual projects are selected by the cities and counties to implement.

Implementation in some cases includes further study of the project/problem area in order to determine the best solution; and in others, implementation is the activation of the project with a commitment of funds with a project design and construction schedule. See our current Transportation improvement program (TIP). The MPO policy committee is the group of elected officials from the fourteen jurisdictions within our urban area that select the projects and must seek the funding to implement these projects. It will be important at this time to promote the plan in order to seek additional federal funds and potentially private funding sources if the many transportation improvements are to be implemented. Each year we publish the list of projects for which the necessary funds have been obligated to implement the improvement. (Obligated Project List)

Additionally several supplemental components to long range planning will be presented to the public for their input prior to the final documentation. These include, as follows: a transit development plan, an east-west Harrison County multimodal corridor conceptual plan, pedestrian/bicycle plan, safety program planning, and a freight issues report.

Comments from the 2030 Long Range Plan public meetings - click here

To view the maps from the 2030 Long Range Plan public meetings - click here

2030 Long Range Plan Public Meeting movie - click here

This website is intended to provide you with information on the metropolitan planning process, planning products and basic data sets that have been developed for the region. We have posted many of our planning documents, traffic data and our internet mapping application for your convenience. We encourage you to return to our site frequently for updates.