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Charlottesville-Albemarle Metropolitan Planning Organization
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Resolution Adopting 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan
WHEREAS, the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) requires that each urbanized area over 50,000
population prepare a Long Range Transportation Plan to be updated every five years; and,
WHEREAS, a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has been designated for the
Charlottesville -Albemarle Urbanized Area; and,
WHEREAS, the MPO's 2045 Long Range Transportation Plan (2045 LRTP) addresses future planned
transportation projects in the City of Charlottesville and the urbanized planning area of Albemarle County
over the next 20 years; and,
WHEREAS, the major goal for the MPO's 2045 LRTP is to create and advance a balanced, regional,
multimodal transportation network; and,
WHEREAS, the MPO led the efforts to complete the 2045 LRTP with a public outreach campaign
conducted to solicit input from the community; and,
WHEREAS, the MPO recognizes that the SMART SCALE evaluation and funding process will guide
major project funding decisions made by the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB); and,
WHEREAS, the MPO has set targets, as required, for the established national performance measures; and,
WHEREAS, the MPO's project and scenario evaluation criteria were chosen to reflect the measures used
in SMART SCALE and the national performance measures; and,
WHEREAS, this update is required to meet Federal Highway Administration requirements, the deadline
for which is the end of May 2019; and,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Charlottesville -Albemarle MPO approves the 2045 Long
Range Transportation Plan, pending approval from the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal
Transit Administration.
Adopted the 22' day of May, 2019, by the MPO Policy Board.
ATTESTED:
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Ann Mallek, Chair
Charlottesville -Albemarle MPO Policy Board