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Vicki Eastland
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Land of Sky Rural Planning Organization (RPO)
Website - www.landofskyrpo.org

Land of Sky Regional Council (LOSRC), a regional planning agency, represents 19 local governments in Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania Counties and for transportation planning also represents five local governments in Haywood County.
Designated as the Lead Planning Agency for the Land of Sky Rural Planning Organization (RPO) as well as the French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), LOSRC has the primary responsibility for preparation of the Rural Planning Work Program (PWP) and the Urban Area Planning Work Program (PWP). The MPO is also responsible for developing the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP). Land of Sky Regional Council is the primary local recipient of transportation planning funds received from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the US Department of Transportation.

The Land of Sky RPO includes the City of Brevard, Towns of Hot Springs, Marshall and Rosman, and the non-urbanized areas of Buncombe, Haywood, Madison, and Transylvania Counties. The French Broad River MPO includes the Cities of Asheville and Hendersonville; the Towns of Biltmore Forest, Black Mountain, Canton, Clyde, Flat Rock, Fletcher, Laurel Park, Maggie Valley, Mars Hill, Mills River, Montreat, Waynesville, Weaverville, and Woodfin; and the urbanized areas of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison and Transylvania Counties.

Along with the North Carolina Department of Transportation and the US Department of Transportation, these 24 local governments participate in a continuing transportation planning process for the RPO and MPO. Locally based transportation planning gives communities the opportunity to make transportation investment decisions that enhance economic and community development goals.

The RPO works in partnership with the MPO and the North Carolina Department of Transportation in assisting the four counties and 19 municipalities develop a regional transportation planning process. Planning efforts will reach out to each of the counties in order to connect the entire region in developing a multi-modal transportation system that facilitates the safe, efficient movement of people and goods. The RPO and MPO have had a unique chance to create a partnership to coordinate all phases of transportation planning for the Land of Sky and Haywood County area.

A Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), or Board, and a Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) participate in transportation planning for both the RPO and the MPO. Regular joint meetings are held with RPO and MPO representatives.

Adopted 2020-2029 STIP - LOSRPO supplement

Important Documents

Complete Streets Policy

Transylvania County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Survey now available. Open until March 8, 2019

LOSRPO Draft Division Needs Local Input Point Assignment, Prioritization 5.0

LOSRPO Prioritization SPOT5.0 Methodology
SPOT 5.0 - LOSRPO Draft Project LIst for NCDOT Project Priorization, SPOT 5.0

A Little Time On These Surveys Will Influence Transportation Projects For Years To Come

Thanks for your interest in transportation project public input. Take any or all surveys below for counties that you live in or travel trough regularly. The projects in each survey are merely proposed, not promised, but your opinions will figure into a scoring process that makes them more or less likely to become funded. Likewise, the descriptions and images associated with each project are just guidelines. The planned projects will be shaped by transportation engineers, physical restraints of terrain and property, costs, and further public input.

SPOT 5.0 Public Survey Summary Report

STI Prioritization and Programming Process - Presentation by Brendan Merithew, NCDOT Division 13 and Steve Williams, NCDOT Division 14

NCDOT 2018-2020 Highway Maintenance Improvement Program (HMIP)

Division STIP Project Delivery - Presentation by NC DOT

Buncombe Madison Local Projects

Western North Carolina Park-and-Ride Lots

NC 280 Bike Path Final Plan

RPO Adopted STIP FY 2015 - 2025

NCDOT STIP

2019 TCC / TAC Meeting Schedule

Land of Sky RPO TCC – 2nd Thursday at 10:00 am (unless otherwise noted)
February 14, 2019
May 9, 2019
June 13, 2019 - Canceled
August 8, 2019 - Canceled
September 12, 2019
November 21, 2019 - Joint TAC/TCC Meeting

Land of Sky RPO TAC – 4th Thursday at 11:30 am (unless otherwise noted)
February 28, 2019
May 23, 2019
June 27, 2019 - Canceled
August 22, 2019 - Canceled
September 26, 2019
November 21, 2019 - Joint TAC/TCC Meeting

All meetings take place at Land of Sky Regional Council
339 New Leicester Hwy., Suite 140, Asheville, NC
Unless otherwise indicated

Accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities, who are dependent on public transportation that does not serve the meeting location, or who need a translator in order to participate. Please request such accommodation or assistance as soon as possible, but at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting in question.  To request assistance, please contact RPO Staff at 828.251.6622 or rpo@landofsky.org.