A new website to help gather and provide information in the development of the new regional long range transportation plan, Direction 2040, was launched this week. The website is www.Direction2040.com. The Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is the local agency responsible for the development of this plan. The MPO is seeking input from residents in Shelby County and Fayette County, Tennessee and Desoto County, Mississippi.
“Public input is vital to the creation of this new plan,” said Pragati Srivastava, MPO Administrator. “We are coordinating and participating in community workshops, stakeholder meetings and seeking information through our new website, Facebook and Twitter accounts. Our project team lead by Kenneth Monroe, with Kimley Horn & Associates, is constantly looking at ways to engage the community in providing input for the Direction 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan.”
Along with the new website, we are placing www.Direction2040.com posters in public libraries in English and Spanish across the region. Also, on the website is an online survey for the public to give their input.
The Direction 2040 plan is looking into transportation needs for motor vehicle, air transportation, mass transit, water transportation, railway and alternative forms of transportation such as bike and pedestrian ways.
For more information about Direction 2040 contact either:
Kenneth Monroe – Kimley Horn and Associates, Inc
Phone: 901.374.9109,
Email: Kenny.monroe@kimley-horn.com
Pragati Srivastava – Administrator, Memphis Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
Phone: 901.576.7190
Email: Pragati.Srivastava@memphistn.gov
This report/document was prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, and the Tennessee and Mississippi Department of Transportation.
The Memphis MPO is committed to the value of equal opportunity, which ensures non-discrimination in the access to, the benefits of and opportunities to participate in the activities of our program.