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Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO LRTP 2045: A Blueprint for Future Transportation

The 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is the most important planning effort by the MPO. It includes future projects, prioritizes federal and state projects, and ensures financial feasibility. Stakeholder input and direction are crucial for its success.

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Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO LRTP 2045: A Blueprint for Future Transportation

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  1. Route to 2045Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO LRTP

  2. What is the 2045 Multimodal LRTP • The most important MPO planning effort • Your transportation system blueprint • Future projects must be included in the plan • Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) federal and State projects must first be in the LRTP • Must be financially feasible • Cooperative, comprehensive, and continuing (3-C) • Allows authorization of federal and State revenues 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  3. Planning Assumptions May - June 2019 Visioning & Big Picture July – December 2019 Practical Cost Feasible Improvements January – May 2020 Making the Plan Happen June - October 2020 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  4. Planning Assumptions • Evaluating comprehensive plans • Reviewing neighborhood and corridor plans • Establishing a vision for 2045 • Revising LRTP goals and objectives • Addressing state and federal planning factors • Stakeholder, Partner Agency, Committee and MPO Board input and direction 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  5. Stakeholder Interviews (9) June 2019 Visioning & Big Picture MPO Board Kick-off Meeting Goals & Objectives July 29, 2019 MPO Board Mtg. #1 Growth Allocation Review December 19, 2019 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  6. Web-based Survey July 2019 – April 2020 Practical Cost Feasible Improvements Needs Plan Workshops (3) February 2020 MPO Board Mtg. #2 Initial Needs & Financial Plan March 23, 2020 MPO Board Mtg. #3 Needs & Cost Prioritization Plan May 18, 2020 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  7. Interactive Online Engagement Tool March – June 2020 Making the Plan Happen Cost Feasible Workshops (3) June 2020 MPO Board Mtg. #4 Cost Feasible Plan July 20, 2020 MPO Board Mtg. #5 Adoption Hearing October 5, 2020  2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  8. Planning Assumptions May - June 2019 Visioning & Big Picture July – December 2019 Practical Cost Feasible Improvements January – May 2020 Making the Plan Happen June - October 2020 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  9. Goal 1 - Efficient Travel Goal 2 - Transportation Choices Goal 3 - Natural Spaces Goal 4 - Vibrant Centers Goal 5 - Safety and Security 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  10. 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  11. General LRTP Discussion • Best county features? • Greatest concern? • Factors negatively affecting LRTP • Crime, poverty, environmental impacts, social / cultural impacts, others? • LRTP as an economic development engine • Intersection and safety concerns • Role of transit and alternate modes • Funding the plan • Implementing the plan 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  12. Headliner Exercise • Most proud of headline for year 2045 • Most feared headline for year 2045 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  13. Were you involved in the 2040 LRTP update? • Heavily involved • Moderately involved • I heard about it but wasn’t involved • Not even a little involved 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  14. Population Growth & Estimates for Charlotte County Current Employment is 41 jobs / 100 people 2045 Jobs would be93,500 (23,000 new jobs) 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  15. The BEBR projects that the population of Charlotte County will grow by more than 51,000 people exceeding 229,000 by the year 2045, or less than 1% per year. How much do you agree with this projection? • Strongly agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly disagree 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  16. Does Charlotte County have the right balance between employment and population? • Yes. • No, need more jobs to strengthen employment to population ratio and overall quality of life. • No, need better education to retain next generation of workers. • No, need larger companies to locate in Charlotte County (manufacturing, financial services, health care). 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  17. How important are complete streets policies for developing a balanced regional transportation system? • Strongly agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly disagree 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  18. What are the best solutions to improve transportation? (CHOOSE TOP 3) • Build more lanes to address congestion. • Use technology to address congestion. • Improve aesthetics. • Perform road maintenance. • Improve public transportation. • Build roundabouts/ traffic circles instead of stop signs or signals. • Build more sidewalks/ crosswalks. • Build more bike lanes/ trails. • Other. 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  19. What would you rather invest more in? • Adding lanes and building new roads • Technology to make traffic flow better (signal timing, traffic management system, etc) • Maintaining what we already have in place (fixing potholes, restriping, resurfacing, etc) • Improving multimodal infrastructure and implementing complete streets policy 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  20. What would you rather invest more in? • Building roundabouts or traffic circles where appropriate • Installing 4-way stops or traffic signals 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  21. How would you invest the limited funds? • On projects equally throughout the county (geographically) • Focus first on where there are safety concerns • Focus first on where there are highest needs for capacity • Focus first on where growth is expected or planned 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  22. When prioritizing road projects, would you give higher priority to those on evacuation routes? • Significantly higher priority • Moderately higher priority • Priority shouldn’t be given to evacuation routes 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  23. When prioritizing regional road projects, would you invest more in connecting… • To the north (North Port, Venice, Sarasota) • To the south (Ft. Myers, Naples) • To the east (Heartland) • Equally to the north, east, and south 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  24. Safety and intersection projects are more important than roadway capacity projects. • Strongly agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly Disagree 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  25. Maintaining existing roads is more important than expanding and adding new roads. • Strongly agree • Agree • Neutral • Disagree • Strongly Disagree 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  26. What level of public transportation would you rather invest in? • Improving current county transit service (Dial-a-Ride) • Implementing a pilot limited fixed route along US 41 (Parkside to North Port) • Implementing a small community circulator bus • Implementing a fixed route along US 41 with community circulators (full implementation as recommended in the TDP) 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  27. How important is it to have public transportation to the Punta Gorda Airport? • Very important • Moderately important • Neutral • Not important 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  28. When should fixed route transit be implemented? • Yesterday/ ASAP • In the next 5 years • In the next 15 years • Beyond 15 years • Never 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  29. Funding in the current (2040) LRTP is allocated as follows: Build/Widen existing roads 84%Roadway Maintenance 5%Intersection (incl. safety & congestion) 3%Transit (Fixed Route & Dial-a-Ride) 5%Walk/Bike/Trails 2%Total 100% 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  30. Assuming you had $500,000,000 budget, what percent of your budget would you invest over the 20-year time frame on bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and multi-use trails? • Up to 2% of budget ($10M) • 4% of budget ($20M) • 6% of budget ($30M) • 8% of budget ($40M) *Spread over 20 years 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  31. Assuming you had $500,000,000 budget, what percent of your budget would you invest over the 20-year time frame on safety and congestion improvements (e.g. short-term, more bang for the buck projects like coordinated signal timing)? • Up to 3% of budget ($15M) • 5% of budget ($25M) • 10% of budget ($50M) • 15% of budget ($75M) *Spread over 20 years 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

  32. Other Comments? 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan

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