Cape Cod MPO recommends 2023 UPWP project slate for drafting and public comment
March 21, 2022 | Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), West Chatham, Town of Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization voted on March 21 to recommend a slate of projects for the draft 2023 Unified Planning Work Program, setting the list to be presented for a public comment period next month.
Dave (presenter) told the MPO the UPWP outlines significant transportation planning activities across Cape Cod over a 12-month period and that this cycle will include a large-scale update to the regional transportation plan. He described proposed work including management and support tasks, a new online tool to display performance measures, a corridor study of Station Avenue in Yarmouth (including Route 6 ramps and signals near the new middle school), roadway safety projects (including a Route 28 audit near Bell Tower Mall and Station Avenue at White's Path), a non-motorist crash analysis, a sidepath crossing inventory, and an EV charging infrastructure analysis to revisit siting recommendations made in prior years.
Members raised suggestions before the recommendation. Kevin Galligan asked that outreach to tribal communities be added to the public participation plan work items; Jessica (presenter on the PPP) agreed to note that focus. During UPWP discussion members also flagged coordination opportunities with state clean-energy public meetings and requested staff follow up on potential grant and webinar resources to support municipalities pursuing new programs.
A motion recorded in the meeting transcript to move the slate forward for public comment was made and seconded; the chair characterized the vote as a consensus roll call to advance the slate to the draft document that will be released next month for a 21-day comment period. The draft UPWP is scheduled to be voted on in April and finalized in May with work to begin in October.
What happens next: MPO staff will prepare the draft UPWP using the recommended slate, circulate it for the scheduled public comment period, and return in April to present public feedback and a draft for endorsement.
Dave (presenter) told the MPO the UPWP outlines significant transportation planning activities across Cape Cod over a 12-month period and that this cycle will include a large-scale update to the regional transportation plan. He described proposed work including management and support tasks, a new online tool to display performance measures, a corridor study of Station Avenue in Yarmouth (including Route 6 ramps and signals near the new middle school), roadway safety projects (including a Route 28 audit near Bell Tower Mall and Station Avenue at White's Path), a non-motorist crash analysis, a sidepath crossing inventory, and an EV charging infrastructure analysis to revisit siting recommendations made in prior years.
Members raised suggestions before the recommendation. Kevin Galligan asked that outreach to tribal communities be added to the public participation plan work items; Jessica (presenter on the PPP) agreed to note that focus. During UPWP discussion members also flagged coordination opportunities with state clean-energy public meetings and requested staff follow up on potential grant and webinar resources to support municipalities pursuing new programs.
A motion recorded in the meeting transcript to move the slate forward for public comment was made and seconded; the chair characterized the vote as a consensus roll call to advance the slate to the draft document that will be released next month for a 21-day comment period. The draft UPWP is scheduled to be voted on in April and finalized in May with work to begin in October.
What happens next: MPO staff will prepare the draft UPWP using the recommended slate, circulate it for the scheduled public comment period, and return in April to present public feedback and a draft for endorsement.
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