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Regional councils in Michigan have been involved in
transportation planning since their inception in the late 1960s. Through
successive administrations of the Michigan Department of Transportation
(MDOT), regional councils have formed important partnerships with MDOT and
local road agencies to implement a number of transportation programs. While
the scope and nature of transportation responsibilities vary from region to
region, the major programs are summarized below:
- Many regional
councils implement the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
planning process for transportation planning and programming. Each
urbanized area in Michigan and across the United States acts as a
liaison between local communities, their citizens, and in the State of
Michigan, MDOT. MPOs are important because they direct how and where
available state and federal dollars for transportation improvements
will be spent.
- All regional
councils are involved, in partnership with MDOT and local road
agencies, in multi-county regional transportation planning.
- Regional councils
are also an important partner in Michigan’s innovative
transportation asset management program, which annually inventories
the condition of Michigan’s 39,000 miles of federal-aid roads.
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