Metropolitan Planning Organization meetings August 19th /23rd The MPO has completed drafts of the Year 2030 Long-Range Transportation Plan. This plan has proposed transportation projects for the Des Moines Area MPO Planning Area from the year 2000 to the year 2030. The proposed Northeast Polk County Beltway is included in this plan. There are upcoming public input meetings. On Thursday, August 19, there will be a meeting at the Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny at 6:30. On Monday, August 23rd the meeting will be at the Pleasant Hill City Hall Community Room at 6:30. These are great opportunities to voice concerns about the proposed beltway and other transportation-related issues. However, the MPO will not have the answers to all your questions about the beltway. The MPO staff knew very little about the beltway at a public meeting in July. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]