The Des Moines Area Metropolitian Planning Organization (DMAMPO) will hold
two important public meetings on Thursday, May 29, 2008, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
at the Roosevelt High School Library, 4419 Center Street, Des Moines,
Iowa.
The first meeting will cover the goals and objectives that are in
development for the update of the Horizon Year 2035 Long-Range Transportation
Plan (HY 2035 LRTP). The DMAMPO strongly encourages any interested citizens to
attend this meeting. Your input is critical at this stage of the planning
process and input received will help to guide the future of our metropolitan
area.
Citizen Transportation Congress
Immediately following the Horizon Year
2035 Long-Range Transportation Plan (HY 2035 LRTP) goals and objectives meeting,
the DMAMPO staff will hold the seventh Citizen Transportation Congress
At this time, interested citizens will have the opportunity to comment
on other transportation issues throughout the metropolitan area.
This is
a great opportunity to voice your opposition to unneeded, expensive projects
like the proposed NW 26th Street Interchange and MLK Extension and the Northeast
Polk County Beltway. It's also essential to re-affirm public support for
expanding public transit service, passenger trains from Des Moines to other
cities, adding bike lanes to existing roads and encouraging pedestrian-friendly
connections and other sensible solutions that will allow us to drive less and
save money at the pump.
Thursday, May 29
6:30 pm
Roosevelt High
School Library
(On the south side of the high school facing the freeway, and
just northwest of the 42nd Street interchange)
4419 Center Street
Des
Moines
This is your chance to speak up, be heard, and help facilitate
change in Central Iowa. We encourage you to attend the meetings, ask questions,
and voice your opinions. Please join other Des Moines area residents in the
long-term commitment to create healthy, vibrant communities for future
generations.
The goals and objectives will provide an overall guidance
for the continuing development of the HY 2035 LRTP and the physical
development of the metropolitan area's transportation system over the next
thirty years.
Written comments on either meeting may be addressed to the
DMAMPO, Merle Hay Centre, 6200 Aurora Avenue, Suite 300W, Urbandale, IA
50322-2866.
Thanks to Stephanie Weisenbach for
sending this notice.
Jane Clark