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Welcome to the MRPC.
The Montachusett
Regional Planning Commission is in its fourth decade of providing
technical planning assistance to its 22 member communities.
Located in north central Massachusetts, the MRPC
was formed in 1968 under the State Enabling
Legislation, Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40B and is one of
thirteen agencies across the Commonwealth. The MRPC is not a
federal, state, or county agency but rather, it is a regional advisory
board consisting of representatives from each member community.
Our purpose is to carry out comprehensive regional planning in the
Montachusett region, an area of approximately 685 square miles that is
home to some 228,000 individuals (2000 Census).
MRPC is
available to provide a wide variety of services to its member
communities including economic development studies and initiatives,
drafting of applications for state funding on behalf of a community,
administering grants, traffic studies, zoning and subdivision updates,
assistance with town master plans and open space plans, mapping
assistance through our Geographic Information System (GIS) and many
other services.
What's New on
the Website....
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Montachusett MPO Releases Draft FFY 2014-2017
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Public Comment.
The Montachusett MPO at its regular meeting
of May 8, 2013, voted to release for a 30 day public review and
comment period, the Draft FFY 2014-2017 Montachusett TIP.
The comment period will run from Monday May 13, 2013 until the
close of business on Tuesday June 11, 2013.
For a copy of the
announcement memo,
click here. En español,
haga clic aquí. For a
Project Only Summary List,
click here. For the full TIP report,
click here.
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MRPC Programs Assistant Job Opportunity.
The
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) seeks a qualified person to fill the
position of a Programs Assistant. For more
information on the position requirements and Job Description
click here.
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Montachusett
MPO Releases a Draft Amendment to the FFY 2013-2016 TIP for a 30
Day Public Review and Comment Period.
The Montachusett Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted
at its April 10, 2013 meeting to release for a 30 day public
comment and review period a Draft Amendment to the FFY 2013 Highway Element of the Montachusett
FFY 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
The draft amendment added adjusted the total estimated cost of three
bridge projects to the FFY 2013 Highway
Element under Section 1B Federal Aid Bridge Projects.
The 30 day public review and comment period will run from
Tuesday April 16, 2013 until the close of business on Wednesday
May 15, 2013. For a copy of the announcement memo,
click here. En español,
haga clic aquí. For a summary of the
Draft Amendment,
click here.
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MRPC and the Montachusett MPO
Seek Public Input into the TIP Development Process.
As
part of the annual development of the Montachusett
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), the Montachusett
Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) and the Montachusett
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) seek input from
interested organizations, agencies and citizens.
The TIP is a prioritized listing of transportation and
transit projects proposed for implementation during the next
four federal fiscal years and is the product of a comprehensive,
continuing and cooperative effort to improve the regional
transportation system by local officials, the Montachusett Joint
Transportation Committee (MJTC), the Montachusett Regional
Transit Authority (MART), the Montachusett Regional Planning
Commission (MRPC) and the Massachusetts Department of
Transportation (MassDOT). For a list of upcoming meetings
were the TIP will be discussed or if any Individual is
interested in being part of the process or seek further
information, please review the TIP Development memo. For
an English version, please
click here. En español, por favor haga
clic aquí.
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Montachusett MPO Adopts Limited English Proficiency
(LEP) Access Plan. The Montachusett MPO at its
regular meeting of February 13, 2013, adopted a Limited English
Proficiency (LEP) Access Plan in response to federal guidelines
related to Title VI. Copies of the LEP are available in
English,
click here, or in Spanish,
click here.
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Montachusett MPO and MRPC Post Updated Title VI
Notice of Public Protection and Compliant Procedures and Form in
English and Spanish. As part of the
requirements of Title VI, the MRPC and the Montachusett MPO have
updated and re-posted notices that outline the publics
protections under Title VI. In addition, the title VI
Complainant Procedures and Form for the MRPC and MPO have also
been updated. All documents are also now available in
Spanish as well. For a copy of the Title VI Public
Protections Notice in English
click here in Spanish
click here.
For the Title VI Compliant Procedure and Form in English
click
here or in Spanish
click here.
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Montachusett FFY 2012 Annual
List of Federally Funded Projects. Federal,
Statewide and Metropolitan Planning regulations (23 CFR part
450) require each state and MPO to report an annual list of
projects for which funds have been obligated. As part of
this process, a listing of transportation projects has been
compiled for the Montachusett Region. Please click here to
see the FFY 2012 Annual Listing for
the Montachusett MPO.
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Montachusett
MPO Endorses Amendments to the FFY 2013-2016 TIP.
The Montachusett Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted
at its November 7, 2012 meeting to formally endorse the
Amendments to the FFY 2013 Highway Element of the Montachusett
FFY 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).
The amendments added three projects to the FFY 2013 Highway
Element under Section 1C Federal Aid Non-Target Projects.
For a summary of the MPO Endorsed Amendments,
click here.
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Montachusett MPO
Endorses 2012-2013 UPWP. The
Montachusett MPO voted on July 18, 2012 to endorse the October
1, 2012 to September 30, 2013 Unified Planning Work Program.
To download a copy of the MPO Endorsed 2012-2013 UPWP document,
please use the link below:
MPO Endorsed FFY 2012-2013 Montachusett UPWP
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MassDOT Releases GreenDOT Implementation Plan for Public
Comment. On the two-year anniversary of the
adoption of the GreenDOT Policy, MassDOT is pleased to provide
for 30 day public review and comment our “DRAFT
GreenDOT Implementation Plan”. On June 2, 2010,
MassDOT launched GreenDOT, a comprehensive environmental
responsibility and sustainability initiative that will make
MassDOT a national leader in “greening” the state transportation
system. On June 2,
2012, MassDOT released the Draft Plan for public review and
comment in order to seek input from all interested citizens.
MassDOT encourages individuals to take the time to share
their comments using the online feedback process, or by
submitting comments via email or regular mail to:
Catherine Cagle,
Manager of Sustainable Transportation, Office of Transportation
Planning, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Room 4150, Boston, MA 02116.
To access the Draft Plan, use the following link:
www.massdot.state.ma.us/GreenDOT.aspx
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Montachusett MPO Endorses FFY 2013-2016 TIP. The Montachusett MPO
voted on June 13 2012 to formally endorse the FFY 2013-2016
Montachusett Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). To download a copy of the
MPO Endorsed FFY
2013-2016 TIP document, or a MPO Endorsed Summary of the FFY 2013-2016
TIP Projects only, please use the
links below:
MPO Endorsed FFY 2013-2016 Montachusett TIP (Full Report)
MPO Endorsed FFY 2013-2016 Montachusett TIP (Summary Report)
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MRPC Updates its Regional Review Procedures.
The Montachusett Regional Planning Commission (MRPC) has decided
to update its Regional Review Procedures. Please see the
memo to local officials that explains this change. To read
the memo,
click here.
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MRPC ANNOUCES
MRMapper
- A NEW WEB BASED GIS
MAPPING FOR COMMUNITIES. MRMapper
is a web mapping (or web GIS (Geographic Information Systems))
tool designed to aid in a municipalities’ decision making
process. Web
mapping can provide a better, faster, easier way for municipal
employees to see the map information they need, to find answers
to questions, and to carry out analyses based on spatial
relationships.
MRMapper can allow users to access, view, query, edit, export
and share data related to the Montachusett Region and your
community or area of interest. This will allow users to print
maps as well as standardize and streamline processing techniques
and workflow scenarios in order to focus on specific tasks to
efficiently solve recurring problems, evaluate common issues,
update information and produce reports. Click the
link below to access
MRMapper.
Or head over to the GIS Department page.
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Static and Interactive Mean Wind
Speed Maps added to website. The MRPC GIS Department
recently completed a series of maps related to Mean Wind Speed
in the Montachusett Region. Static and interactive maps
are posted at the following links. Static pdf maps, click
here. Interactive pdf maps,
click here.
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Montachusett Regional Emergency
Back-up Power Sources Mitigation Plan Completed. The
MRPC has finalized the Montachusett Regional Emergency Back-up
Power Sources Mitigation Plan and posted it for download.
For the full report, please click
here. For the Appendices, please click
here. Please note that the report is approximately 2MB
in size while the Appendices are 33MB. Both are in pdf
format.
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