AUBURN-OPELIKA
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
(AOMPO)
Each Urbanized Area in the United States with a population of 50,000 or more is required by the Federal Highway Act of 1962 to establish a Metropolitan Planning Organization. MPOs are responsible for the continuing, cooperative and comprehensive transportation planning process for their particular Urbanized Area. The Auburn-Opelika MPO (AOMPO) was formed in 1982 after the 1980 Census established the population of the Auburn-Opelika Urbanized Area at 51,823. In cooperation with the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the AOMPO is responsible for carrying out the metropolitan transportation planning process for the Auburn-Opelika Urbanized Area.
Urbanized Areas are designated decennially by the United States Census Bureau and are a reflection of urban growth, not political boundaries. For example, urban growth in the Auburn-Opelika area reaches outside Auburn and Opelika corporate limits and well into Lee County. Therefore, the Auburn-Opelika Urbanized Area includes the City of Auburn, the City of Opelika and parts of Lee County. For this reason, MPOs are responsible for the transportation planning process in Urbanized Areas and not single political entities. The goal of the Federal Highway Act of 1962 is to ensure that the transportation planning process and resulting transportation network are cohesive and functional for urban areas that have grown together. In other words, transportation planning needs to be regional in scope because transportation systems cut across governmental boundaries.
Click here to see a map of the AOMPO Urbanized Area. *
Click here to see a flowchart of the AOMPO process. *
MPOs' Programmed Projects Map - This map depicts the Auburn-Opelika MPOs' programmed projects for the FY2012-FY2015 timeframe.
- Click on each project (shown in red) to see details.
- The dashed purple line depicts the Study Area boundary (select the boundary for more information).
- The dashed blue line depicts the Urbanized Area boundary (select the boundary for more information).
- CN = Construction Phase; UT = Utilities Phase; PE = Preliminary Engineering; RW = Right of Way
- Use the zoom in and out feature to get a more detailed view of each project.
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MPO News
Surface Transportation Extension
President Obama has signed the Surface Transportation Extension bill. This bill funds highway programs at their current level through the end of March 2012.
National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Status
On September 22, EPA released the memorandum below clarifying the NAAQS for ozone at 0.075 parts per million (2008 level). Currently the Auburn-Opelika MPO is not in violation of the standard. Please click here for the entire memorandum.
AOMPO Authorized Project Lists
For a list of authorized AOMPO projects for FY2011 please click here
MPO Information
Next AOMPO Meeting Dates:
MPO Policy Board (MPO): TBD
Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC): TBD
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC): TBD
TAC Project Planning Subcommittee: January 10, 2012 at 1:30P (meeting packet)
Meeting times are listed as Central Time (CT) unless otherwise noted. All AOMPO meetings are open to the public. All meetings will be held in the LRCOG Conference Room (2207 Gateway Drive, Opelika, AL) unless otherwise noted.
AOMPO Committee Members:
AOMPO CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CAC) MEMBERSHIP LIST
AOMPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE (TAC) MEMBER LIST
AOMPO POLICY BOARD MEMBERSHIP LIST
Click here for the Alternate & Proxy Form
Click here for the Meeting Packet Delivery Method Form
Current AOMPO Transportation Planning Documents:
Final 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Update*
Final 2008 Public Involvement Plan (PIP) *
Final FY2012 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)*
Amended FY2012-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)*
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