Public Notices

The Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) has opened a public comment period to accept comments on the Draft FY 2009 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The UPWP serves as the annual work program for FAMPO. It provides details of the transportation-related planning activities that FAMPO intends to accomplish during the program year utilizing federal, state, and local revenues. It also delineates responsibilities and procedures for carrying out the cooperative transportation planning process. Included in the UPWP is a budget, which details how each fund source will be utilized. This permits the UPWP to act as a grant application for federal funds and also as a management tool for directing the staff activities throughout the year. Federal regulations require that all MPOs develop UPWPs.

A Public Hearing will take place during the joint meeting of the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) and the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO) on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. The Public Hearing will begin at approximately 7:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at 406 Princess Anne Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Copies of the Draft FY 2009 UPWP can be obtained by calling the FAMPO office at 540-373-2890 or by downloading at the link below.

Comments must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, May 16, 2008 for consideration.

Members of the public with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation to attend the Public Hearing should contact the FAMPO office no later than the close of business on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 to make such a request. Directions to the meeting may also be obtained by contacting the GWRC/FAMPO office at 540-373-2890.

Draft FY 2009 Unified Planning Work Program

Notice is hereby given that the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitian Planning Organization (FAMPO) will seek public input and comments on the above during a Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, May 19, 2008 at the Joint Meeting of the George Washington Regional Commission (GWRC) and the Fredericksburg Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (FAMPO). The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at the GWRC/FAMPO office located on 406 Princess Anne Street, and the Public Hearing will start at approximately 7:30 p.m.

FAMPO receives an appointment of CMAQ and RSTP federal funds with a state match every year. With the passage of Resolution 08-15, FAMPO has agreed to allocate its CMAQ and RSTP funds to defined project groupings, so the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) can incorporate FAMPO funds in the Six Year Improvement Plan (SYIP). The Virginia Department of Tranportation (VDOT) has requested that FAMPO funds be allocated into these project groupings by May 2008 for inclusion in the SYIP to be adopted by the CTB, effective on July 1, 2008. The grouped project allocations will then be sub-allocated to specific projects within each group by the FAMPO Policy Committee via TIP amendments, without requiring further CTB action.