2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan

BCATS has completed the final report of the 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. This plan replaced the 2027 Long Range Transportation Plan which is set to expire on July 31, 2007. The 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan conforms to the new federal transportation bill, SAFETEA-LU, signed by President Bush on August 10, 2005. The newly created Tri-City Travel Demand Model (Bay City, Midland, & Saginaw) was used to identify current and future deficiencies in the BCATS Federal-Aid system. These deficiencies as well as: future transportation projects, transportation issues and concerns, projected funding levels, and an inventory of the existing transportation network of the Bay City Area are be described in the 2035 plan.

On Wednesday, June 20th, the BCATS Policy Committee held the final public hearing on the 2035 MTP prior to approving the final report and sending the document onto the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration for final approval. Subsequent amendments have been made on December 19th, 2007 and April 16th, 2008.

Public comments on the 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan are always welcome in writing via email to Dave Engelhardt, BCATS Director, at engelhardtd@baycounty.net or by sending a letter to BCATS at:

Dave Engelhardt
BCATS Director
515 Center Ave, Suite 505
Bay City, MI 48708

All chapters are available for download as Adobe PDF files. Please be advised that some chapters may take a several minutes to download depending on your connection speed.

Chapter One: Overview of BCATS and Transportation Planning
Chapter Two: Goals and Objectives SAFETEA-LU Planning Factors	Chapter Seven: Financial Analysis and Constraint
Chapter Three: Socio-Economic Data	Chapter Eight: Public Involvement Plan and Environmental Justice Environmental Justice Mapping
Chapter Four: Urban Area Travel Demand Modeling Process	Chapter Nine: Consultation
Chapter Five: Transportation Deficiencies, Issues, and Projects Bay County Road Commission City of Bay City City of Essexville Michigan Department of Transportation Bay Metro Transit Authority Transit Project List Adopted Project List Environmental Mitigation	Index & Summary of Amendments
Chapter Six: Intermodal Inventory and Other Issues Public Transit Air Transportation Rail Transportation Water and Port Transportation Regional Intermodal Study Non-Motorized Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)	Appendix A: Travel Demand Model Deficiency Maps Appendix B: EA for I-75 Project Appendix C: EIS for M-84 Project Appendix D: Bay City Times Article 4/02/2007 Appendix E: Public Outreach Letter & Candidate Projects Appendix F: Public Outreach Contact List Appendix G: Submitted Comments Appendix H: SAFETEA-LU Compliance Documentation

To request a complete file of the BCATS 2035 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, please contact Dirk Westbury.

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 24, 2009

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