Comment and Response Memo

Response to Public Comments on Draft Statewide Transportation Policy Plan This memo provides a summary and response to the comments received on the Statewide Transportation Plan during the public review period from January through March, 2009. In addition to the changes found in the final plan and as outlined in this document, additional clarifications and corrections were made as necessary. Source of Public Comments The draft Plan was provided to the public and stakeholders through 3 primary venues: • Outreach Meetings in February and March, 2009 • Formal Public Hearings in March, 2009 • WEB site availability from January – March, 2009 The final outreach meetings in February were conducted in each District with an open house format. The meetings began with a brief summary of the outreach efforts to date, highlights of the plan, and overview of key changes from previous plans. The table below presents the dates of each meeting and an approximate number of attendees. Approx District Date AttendeesDistrict 1 February 20, 2009 18 District 2 February 19, 2009 23 District 3 February 2, 2009 70 District 4 February 5, 2009 42 Metro February 12, 2009 45 District 6 March 16, 2009 54 District 7 February 2, 2011 59 District 8 February 6, 2009 51 During open house meetings participants had the opportunity to ask questions and submit comments verbally or on public comments cards provided at the meetings. A summary of each open house is ...