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Transportation Planning
Please click here to access the COATS
(Columbia Area Transportation Study Website)
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responsible for highway system planning for over a quarter of a
century, and responsibility for public mass transit planning was
added in 1985. Our work has been conducted by staff, a transportation
planning subcommittee, a transportation planning technical advisory
committee, a strong working relationship with state and federal
agencies, and a long range transportation plan known as the
Columbia
Area Transportation Study (COATS). Click here to find out more about
COATS and other Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in South
Carolina. Despite the ever increasing traffic demands of the metropolitan
area and continuously shrinking levels of funding, the program has
been highly successful.
Among the state's 46 counties, only Spartanburg has more interstate
miles than Richland or Lexington; and only Greenville and Spartanburg
rank higher than Richland in miles of primary roads, with Lexington
ranked 11th highest in the state. Today, Lexington and Richland
counties' road networks are recognized as one of the region's most
important assets, offering over 100 miles of interstates along I-26,
I-20, and I-77 and over 350 miles of primary roads.
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All of the Council's transportation planning efforts are carried
out under the guidance of the federal Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which calls for participatory, comprehensive long-range
transportation planning and development of financially feasible local
intermodal plans. Additional information about TEA-21 and the transportation
planning process can be found in the
Transportation Planning
Process booklet.
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CMCOG is
requesting your input on the Regional Transportation System
(click here
for more details)
DBE Directory
Please follow the link below for an updated copy of the UCP DBE
Directory as of December 7, 2009. You will find two formats (PDF and
Excel) for your convenience.
http://www.scdot.org/doing/dbe_listing.shtml
Tiger Discretionary Grant Application for the
Completion of the John N. Hardee Expressway
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