The Role of the OFRPC in Tranportation Planning

      The Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Commission plays a vital role in determining the transportation needs that are of significant importance to the five-county region. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has recently developed a process that utilizes the planning skills of the RPC as well as their experience working with federal grant monies for localized tailoring of transportation planning.This planning process occurs in two phases that are dileneated below.

      The first phase includes compiling an annual transportation plan that consists of suggestions submitted on behalf of local citizens and elected officials via members of a TAC committee. These suggestions are then prioritized by an agreed upon method outlined in the MoDOT Practitioners Manual and ranked according to their financial and structural feasibility.

      The second phase entails the compilation of a regional transportation plan that serves as a guideline for annual transportation over a prologed period of time. Links to both the 2005 annual tranposrtation plan and the regional transportation plan are available below.

2005 Annual Transportation Plan

Regional Transportation Plan