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Welcome to the Victoria County MPO Website!What is a MPO? MPO is short for Metropolitan Planning Organization. The MPO is a group of individuals charged with overseeing the distribution of Federal & State Transportation Dollars within a defined area. An MPO is required by Federal Law for any City that has population of 50,000 or larger. In addition to overseeing the allocation of Transportation Dollars, this group is responsible for planning current and future transportation improvements and provides an avenue for public input and representation. The Victoria MPO is a 10 member board representing all of the governing bodies within Victoria County that have the ability to maintain, change or create projects for ALL modes of transportation.We invite you to visit this site and to take an interest in how transportation whether it is by car, truck, bus, bicycle or by foot impacts your daily routine. Everyone depends on transportation in some form or fashion for the movement of goods, services and people. We cannot always see what is out there and need to hear the comments
and concerns of the Citizens of Victoria County.
Victoria MPO: "The People Want To See I-69 Completed" The City of Victoria, known as the South Texas Crossroads, is located on a hub of several major US highways, including US 59, US 77 and US 87. Among many other things, Victoria is home to nearly two dozen trucking companies and a multimodal port area that employs over 9,000 workers and brings in $1.2 billion in business each year. It’s also in the I-69/TTC study area, and will host a Town Hall meeting on transportation on Tuesday, January 29. To find out what the I-69/TTC project might mean for Victoria and the surrounding region, I spoke with Ray Miller, director of the Victoria Metropolitan Planning Organization. Listen:
Upcoming Meeting Dates January 29, 2008: TxDOT Town Hall Meeting at the Victoria Community Center located at 2905 E. North Street. The Meeting will begin at 6:30pm. January 31, 2008 TxDOT Transportation Commission Meeting at the Leo J. Welder Center for Performing Arts located at 214 N. Main Street. The meeting will begin at 9:00am. February 27, 2008 Public Hearing on the I-69/TTC Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The meeting will be held at the Victoria College Fine Arts Auditorium located at 2200 E. Red River. The doors will open at 5:00pm and things will begin with an Open House. The actual Public Hearing and opportunity for giving recorded comments and/or testimony will begin at 6:30pm. All Information pertaining to the I-69/TTC Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement can be found at the following Links: http://ttc.keeptexasmoving.com/projects/i69/deis.aspx http://ttc.keeptexasmoving.com/pdfs/projects/i69/deis/summary.pdf
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