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Rural Planning Organization
The Southwestern Rural Planning Organization (RPO) is an agency rendering transportation planning and mapping/GIS support to Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties, and the municipalities therein. It serves as a forum for local officials and citizens to interact with NC DOT staff on a regular basis and for NC DOT to obtain more local input for transportation planning and projects.
The RPO is comprised of three groups:
1. The RPO administrative staff of the Southwestern Commission.
2. The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), composed of area elected officials, namely mayors and county commissioners. The TAC is the policy-making body of the RPO.
3. The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), made up of planners and local town and county managers. The TCC advises the TAC.
Comprehensive Transportation Plans (CTP):
The Southwestern RPO works with the NC DOT Transportation Planning Branch and a local task force to produce a Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) for each county. Click here for information about CTPs.
View a CTP Overview Presentation here.
For more information about transportation planning in your county, click on the county name on the list above.
********More RPO information********
View the 2011 Priority Needs list here. Projects highlighted in green are new projects recently added to the State Transportation Improvement Program. Regional transportation needs are prioritized based on a methodology that takes into consideration whether the project is included in a plan, how it is ranked by the local elected board, whether it is regional in nature, crash rates, and number of cars that it serves.
View the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’s Collaboration Assessment Report on Corridor K .
The Southwestern Rural Planning Organization (RPO) is an agency rendering transportation planning and mapping/GIS support to Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties, and the municipalities therein. It serves as a forum for local officials and citizens to interact with NC DOT staff on a regular basis and for NC DOT to obtain more local input for transportation planning and projects.
The RPO is comprised of three groups:
1. The RPO administrative staff of the Southwestern Commission.
2. The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), composed of area elected officials, namely mayors and county commissioners. The TAC is the policy-making body of the RPO.
3. The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), made up of planners and local town and county managers. The TCC advises the TAC.
Comprehensive Transportation Plans (CTP):
The Southwestern RPO works with the NC DOT Transportation Planning Branch and a local task force to produce a Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) for each county. Click here for information about CTPs.
View a CTP Overview Presentation here.
For more information about transportation planning in your county, click on the county name on the list above.
********More RPO information********
View the 2011 Priority Needs list here. Projects highlighted in green are new projects recently added to the State Transportation Improvement Program. Regional transportation needs are prioritized based on a methodology that takes into consideration whether the project is included in a plan, how it is ranked by the local elected board, whether it is regional in nature, crash rates, and number of cars that it serves.
View the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution’s Collaboration Assessment Report on Corridor K .