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Studies
& Activities
The Transportation Planning Division oversees regional and
statewide needs studies. Recent studies and ongoing activities
of Transportation Planning Division are as follows:
County-Wide
Transportation Planning Studies
- Fairmont -
Marion County Transportation Study
- This is a Plan for
improvements to the transportation system in the City of
Fairmont and Marion County, West Virginia, covering a
period beginning in the present and extending through
the year 2020.
- Harrison
County Transportation Study
- The study will take
about 24 months to complete with the outcome being a
long range transportation plan for Harrison County. A
range of issues and ideas related to the existing
transportation network, demographics, socioeconomic
characteristics, land use and future travel demand will
be considered during the study.
- Mercer
County Multi-Modal Transportation Plan
- The Mercer County Multi-Modal
Transportation Plan was completed in July, 2004. The
purpose of the study was to:
1. Establish a transportation network to meet the needs of
the area through the year 2025;
2. Consider all aspects of a multi-modal transportation
system;
3. Involve all individuals and agencies, public and
private, that have an interest in, or who may be impacted
by , the Plan;
4. Evaluate all elements of the Plan in order to establish
practical feasibility for implementation;
5. Fully mitigate any negative consequences and maximize
benefits to the Mercer County area; and
6. Prepare a Plan that had widespread support and was
financially attainable.
Metropolitan
Planning Organizations (MPO's)
- Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson
(BHJ) Metropolitan Planning Commission
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Serving Steubenville,
Ohio/Weirton, WV (Brooke and
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Hancock Counties, WV;
Jefferson County, Ohio)
- Bel-O-Mar Regional
Council
- Serving Wheeling, Ohio
and Marshall Counties, WV and
Belmont County, Ohio
- KYOVA
Interstate Planning Commission
- Serving Huntington, WV;
Ironton, Ohio (Cabell and Wayne Counties, WV ; Lawrence
County, Ohio)
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- Regional
Intergovernmental Council
- Serving Charleston
Metropolitan Area (Kanawha and Putnam Counties)
- Wood-Washington-Wirt
{W-W-W) Interstate Planning Commission
- Serving Parkersburg, WV,
Marietta and Belpre, Ohio (Wood County, WV and Washington
County, Ohio)
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- Morgantown/Monongalia
County Transportation Planning Organization
- Serving the greater
Morgantown area and Monongalia County
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Hagerstown / Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Serving the three-county region of Berkeley and Jefferson Counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Maryland.
Special
Studies by MPO's in Cooperation with WVDOT
-
Upper
Ohio Valley Bridge System
- Serving Brooke County,
WV and Jefferson County, Ohio
- Others
- Route 2 /
Interstate 68 Authority
- Serving Wood, Pleasants,
Tyler, Wetzel, Marshall, Ohio, Brooke, Hancock, Marion,
and Monongalia Counties
- U.S.
35 Corridor Management Plan
- U.S. Highway 35 in
Putnam County, West Virginia
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