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CVTPA
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Chariton Valley Planning and Development Council administers programs
for the Chariton Valley
Transportation Planning Affiliation (CVTPA). Critical elements include
the development of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), Transportation
Planning Work Program (TPWP), the Public Involvement Plan (PIP), Long
Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), the Passenger Transit Plan (PTP)
and General Administration. All of the documents are
developed through the cooperation of city and county governments in
the counties of Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe,
and Wayne Counties as well as City of Centerville, 10-15 Transit and
Southern Iowa Trolley, known as the CVTPA Regional Planning |
CVTPD Region Map
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Affiliation
(RPA) 17. Economic development organizations, special interest groups,
the 2 transit agencies as well as the general public were also consulted
through a public participation process in compliance with the SAFETEA-LU
to adopt each document. The TIP outlines projects supported and
sponsored federal aid
as well as those recommended by RPA 17. Projects included in the
program include multimodal and
transit planning activities, federal aid bridge and highway projects,
Transportation Enhancement
projects, and transit capital improvements as sponsored directly
by the RPA 17 or funded by federal dollars. Funding sources for
the program activities include Federal Transit 5311 funding,
Surface Transportation Program (STP) dollars, bridge replacement
and rehabilitation funds, Transportation Enhancement monies, and
State Planning and Research (SPR) resources. Activities included
in the TPWP
represent the commitment to develop, monitor, maintain, and to complete
the work elements
contained the each work program for the upcoming fiscal year. A
program to identify and direct the RPA’s transportation planning
activities is completed annually. LRTP
is the transportation planning
process intended to be comprehensive, collaborative and continuing.
The RPA has determined that a multi-modal plan and specific modal
plans will be providing a comprehensive plan for the region.
PIP outlines RPA 17’s commitment to implement a viable, active,
and productive public involvement process for transportation planning
input and product development activities. Updated in 2011 the previous
PIP plan last updated in 1999. PTP includes the preparation and
development of passenger transit plan (PTP) with the support of
transit planning agencies. Members of the CVTPA Policy Board, Technical
Advisory Committee, and Transit Advisory subcommittee contributed
to elements of each document, which in turn was submitted and reviewed
with the Technical Advisory Committee and approved by the Policy
Board. General information was distributed to the public. All meetings
were open to the public.
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Mission Statement
Programs and activities of the Chariton Valley Planning and Development
are sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. Project partners
include the Iowa Department of Economic Development, Iowa Department of
Cultural Affairs, regional tourism and economic development agencies and
local governments from Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe,
Wayne and contiguous Iowa counties.
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