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(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal-World
February 15, 2013)

Review and Approve the
Transportation 2040 (T2040)
- Lawrence Douglas County
Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) - Update to
Transportation 2030

The Lawrence Douglas
County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has
officially begun a 30-day
public comment/review period for its draft Metropolitan Transportation Plan
(MTP) Transportation 2040.
A public meeting to address the draft T2040 document has been scheduled
for Wednesday, March 6,
2013 at the Lawrence Union
Pacific Depot/Visitors Center; 402 N. 2nd St. Lawrence,
Kansas from 4:30-7:30pm.

T2040 is a blueprint to
guide the Lawrence - Douglas County Area's transportation development over
the next 28 years. T2040 will
represent the best attempts by citizens, governing bodies, planners and
transportation experts to
develop a vision for a
healthy, safe, and efficient
transportation system
which will adequately serve
Lawrence and all of Douglas County to the year 2040.

The official 30-day public
comment period for T2040
started on February 15,
2013 and will end on March
16, 2013. Comments received on or before March
16, 2013 will be considered
for the final document, to
be presented to the
Lawrence-Douglas County
Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy
Board for approval at their
March 21, 2013 regular
meeting.

The draft documents for
T2040 can be viewed at the
following locations:

Online at:
www.lawrenceks.org/mpo/t2040

Lawrence-Douglas County
Metropolitan Planning Organization
City Hall - Planning Office -
1st Floor Information Window
6 East 6th Street
Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Lecompton City Hall
327 Elmore Street
Lecompton, KS 66050

Baldwin City Public Library
800 7th Street
Baldwin City, KS 66006

Eudora Public Library
14 East 9th Street
Eudora, KS 66025

Lawrence Public Library-
Temporary Location
700 New Hampshire Street
Lawrence, KS 66044

All comments shall be submitted in writing to
tgirdler@lawrenceks.org or
mailed to Todd Girdler at
the Lawrence-Douglas
County Metropolitan Planning Office, PO Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044-0708 by
March 16, 2013.
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