French Broad River MPO

French Broad River MPO
339 New Leicester Highway, Suite 140
Asheville, NC 28806
ph: 828-251-6622
fax: 828-251-6353
mpo@landofsky.org

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About French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization

The French Broad River MPO is a partnership between local and state government that makes decisions about transportation planning in urbanized areas and meets planning requirements established by federal authorizing legislation for transportation funding. Local governments belonging to the MPO are Buncombe, Haywood and Henderson Counties, and Asheville, Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Canton, Clyde, Flat Rock, Fletcher, Hendersonville, Laurel Park, Maggie Valley, Mills River, Montreat, Waynesville, Weaverville, and Woodfin. Follow the links at left to learn more and get involved!

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Latest News

Regional Bike Plan kick-off event took place on Wednesday, November 30th. Read more here and see an AC-T article here.

Haywood County Bike Plan was adopted by the County Commissioners on November 7, 2011. FBRMPO helped fund the study. Read more.

NCDOT Application for 5310/JARC/New Freedom grants will be due in January 2012. Read more here (under "Grant Program News") and contact mpo@landofsky.org if you are interested in applying.

February TCC meeting will take place on Thursday, February 16 at 10:30 AM. February TAC meeting will take place on Thursday, February 23rd, beginning at 12:30 PM at the Land of Sky offices.

NCDOT is working on an update to their long term policy plan out to 2040. This document will guide transportation investments until the next update. See the latest here. There will be a presention at the TAC meeting on Thursday, October 27th.

Top Five Bicycle and Top Five Pedestrian Projects recommended for prioritization in the SPOT process, at the Complete Streets Subcommittee Meeting on Tuesday, October 11th. TCC and TAC approved the list on October 27th.

NCDOT has announced another round of Bike Ped Planning Grants; municipalities need to apply by December 2, 2011 and would need a letter of support from the MPO or RPO.

Buncombe County Greenways Master Plan will be holding additional public meetings in spring 2012. See more info.

Sidewalks within half a mile and bike facilities within three miles of transit now eligible for transit funding, see new policy here.

Sidewalks on Elk Mountain Road in Woodfin under construction, funded with NC Fit Community Grant.

Sidewalks on North Louisiana Avenue near Emma Elementary School Coming Soon; construction to be funded with a Safe Routes to School federal grant. See the article in Asheville Citizen-Times.

Black Mountain Town Square Study now finished. Read further at http://blackmountaintownsquare.com/

City of Hendersonville Launches Ecusta Rail to Trail Planning Study For more information, visit http://www.ecustatrail.org/ (this study partially funded by the FBRMPO with local match from the City of Hendersonville and Friends of Ecusta Trail.)

NCDOT launches Citizens Connect to gather public input. Click here for more information.

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