Infrastructure

GOPC Shares Support, Opposition to Planned Infrastructure Projects with TRAC Board

GOPC Shares Support, Opposition to Planned Infrastructure Projects with TRAC Board

We hope that TRAC will consider more projects that increase multi-modal options and benefits and decrease congestion. At the same time, we encourage TRAC to prioritize investments that seek to improve existing infrastructure and not the creation of new infrastructure that will only add to the long-term costs of maintenance in the future.

Deadline Approaching for Communities to Present Capital Budget Funding Requests

Deadline Approaching for Communities to Present Capital Budget Funding Requests

The capital budget provides communities with the opportunity to seek state funding assistance for projects that involve the acquisition, construction, equipment, or renovation of buildings and other facilities that meet a defined “public purpose.”

11 Principles for Maximizing Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Funding Opportunities

11 Principles for Maximizing Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act Funding Opportunities

As newly appropriated funds start flowing, GOPC has once again prepared principles to help ODOT, MPOs and Ohio’s legacy cities and communities fully utilize from these dollars.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Enacted – Here’s What’s Included

Bipartisan Infrastructure Legislation Enacted – Here’s What’s Included

The historic infrastructure bill, known officially as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), provides more than $500 billion in new spending on everything from broadband internet infrastructure, to roads and bridges.

NOACA Board of Directors adopts new criteria for funding highway interchanges focused on regional impacts and racial equity

NOACA Board of Directors adopts new criteria for funding highway interchanges focused on regional impacts and racial equity

Last week, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) officially adopted a new policy to govern evaluations for new or modified highway interchange projects. The new policy dictates a deeper level of analysis for interchange projects, applying a regional lens to evaluate the costs and benefits of each projects. NOACA is the first MPO in the state to require this level of analysis for proposed highway interchange projects.