Memorandum

Lawrence-Douglas County

Metropolitan Planning Organization (L-DC MPO)

TO:	David L. Corliss, Lawrence City Manager Craig Weinaug, County Administrator John Harrenstein, Eudora City Manager Chris Lowe, Baldwin City Manager Lynley Sanford, Lecompton City Clerk
FROM:	Todd Girdler, L-DC MPO Senior Transportation Planner Jessica Mortinger, L-DC MPO Transportation Planner
CC:	Scott McCullough, Planning and Development Services Director
DATE:	February 14, 2013
RE:	30-Day Public Comment Period for the Transportation 2040 (T2040) – Lawrence - Douglas County Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) - Update to Transportation 2030

The Lawrence Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has officially begun a 30-day public comment/review period for its draft Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Transportation 2040. A public meeting to address the draft T2040 document has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at the Lawrence Union Pacific Depot Visitors Center; 402 N. 2nd St. Lawrence, Kansas from 4:30-7:30pm.

T2040 is a blueprint to guide the Lawrence-Douglas County Area’s transportation development over the next 28 years. T2040 will represent the best attempts by citizens, governing bodies, planners and transportation experts to develop a vision for a healthy, safe, and efficient transportation system which will adequately serve Lawrence and all of Douglas County to the year 2040.

The official 30-day public comment period for T2040 started on February 15, 2013 and will end on March 16, 2013. Comments received on or before March 16, 2013 will be considered for the final document, to be presented to the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Board for approval at their March 21, 2013 regular meeting.

The draft documents for T2040 can be viewed at the following locations:

Online at: www.lawrenceks.org/mpo/t2040draft

Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization

City Hall - Planning Office – 1^st Floor Information Window

6 East 6^th Street

Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Lecompton City Hall

327 Elmore Street  

Lecompton, KS 66050

Baldwin City Public Library

800 7^th Street  

Baldwin City, KS 66006

Eudora Public Library

14 East 9th Street  

Eudora, KS 66025

Lawrence Public Library- Temporary Location

700 New Hampshire Street

Lawrence, KS 66044

All comments shall be submitted in writing to tgirdler@lawrenceks.org or mailed to Todd Girdler at the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Office, PO Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044-0708 by March 16, 2013.