NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARINGS

The Lake Norman Rural Planning Organization (LNRPO) has published for public review:

The Metrolina Region 2009-2015 Transportation Improvement Program Conformity Determination Report

Download a pdf of the report here...

and the appendices here....

The document will be available for public comment for thirty days (April 14, 2008 through May 14, 2008).  Copies are available for review from Centralina Council of Governments, 1300 Baxter Street, Suite 450, Charlotte, NC.  Copies are also available at the public libraries in Iredell, Lincoln and Cleveland counties, as well as the Cherryville branch in Gaston County.  The report can also be found at county office or city/town halls of the following jurisdictions: Cleveland County, Gaston County, Iredell County, Lincoln County, Boiling Springs, Cherryville, Lincolnton, Kings Mountain, Mooresville, Shelby, Statesville and Troutman.

Public hearings will be held on April 24, 2008 from 12:00-2:00 PM at Westfield Eastridge Mall, 246 N. New Hope Rd., Gastonia.  Staff will have a booth set up near the food court.; May 5, 2008 from 5:30-6:30 PM at Mooresville Town Hall, 413 N. Main Street, Mooresville, NC.; and May 14, 2008 from 1:30-3:00 PM in the Third Floor Commissioner’s Room, James Warren Citizens’ Center, 115 W. Main Street, Lincolnton, NC.               

Comments can be sent by mail, email or fax to the following: LNRPO, PO BOX 35008, Charlotte, NC 

28235, elowry@centralina.org, FAX 704-347-4710.  All comments must be received by 5:00 PM May 14, 2008.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting LNRPO staff at 704-348-2729, by email at elowry@centralina.org or by visiting the Centralina website at www.centralina.org.

LNRPO staff will provide auxiliary aids and services per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for disabled persons wishing to attend the public meeting.  Anyone requiring such services should contact staff as soon as possible.

The Lake Norman RPO is committed to continuing, comprehensive, and collaborative public input. All RPO TCC and TAC meetings are open to the public. For more information about the Lake Norman Public Input Program (PIP), please click here to download the adopted program. 

If you would like to have a representative of the RPO present at a meeting of your organization, please contact Carol Lewis. 

The NC DOT has a web site dedicated to announcing informational workshops and public hearings for projections. Click here to go to the web site.   

Please visit this page for updates and announcements of upcoming transportation meetings in the area.  

1300 Baxter Street

PO Box 35008