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Transportation Planning

Please click here to access the COATS
(Columbia Area Transportation Study Website)

 

Central Midlands Council of Governments has been 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.

 

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.


 

 

Department Staff
Reginald Simmons
Director of Transportation
Roland Bart
Senior Transportation Planner
Aaron Bell
Chief Transportation Planner
Gregory Sprouse
Principal Planner

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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