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Title	Board of county commissioners - Polk County Florida : transportation planning organization (TPO) [Homepage]
Record ID	23799
Corporate Creator	Polk Transportation Planning Organization
Publisher	Polk Transportation Planning Organization
Publication Date	20030820
Abstract	The Polk Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) serves as the metropolitan planning organization, or principal transportation planning agency, for the entire county. It is comprised of a 17-member board of local elected officials, staff and various advisory committees, and is responsible for the implementation of the federal urban transportation planning process in Polk County. Staff support is provided by the Transportation Department of the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. Its member local governments include the Polk County Board of County Commissioners and the Cities of Auburndale, Bartow, Haines City, Lakeland, Lake Wales, and Winter Haven. Other public agencies and entities, such as the City of Lake Alfred, the Central Florida Regional Planning Council, and the Florida Departments of Community Affairs (DCA), Environmental Protection (DEP), and Transportation (FDOT), are also represented on its advisory committees. The Polk Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is the regional, multi-jurisdictional agency tasked with transportation planning and programming for the expenditure of state and federal (non-local) transportation funds in Polk County. It provides technical assistance to local governments regarding transportation planning issues and is responsible for the development of several work products, including an annual Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), annual transportation project priorities and five-year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which is developed cooperatively with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), and a Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). However, projects are funded and implemented by other agencies, such as the FDOT, local governments, and local transit and aviation service providers. The TPO is a member of Florida's Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council (MPOAC) whose national counterpart is the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO).
TRT Terms	Transportation planning ; Regional planning ; Regional transportation ; Long range planning ; Project management ; Financing ; Urban transportation policy
General Subjects	Florida; Transportation Planning Organization (TPO)
Classification	NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Plans and Policy Statements; NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Public Participation and Outreach
Geographical Coverage	Florida
Resource type	Web Document
URL	http://www.polk-county.net/county_offices/depts/transportation/tpo/index.aspx
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	Other Transportation Web Sites