Boston Region MPO Seeks Comments on Proposed Amendment to Its
Public Participation Program; Will Host a Listening Session on March 3 The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is considering an amendment to its Public Participation Program. The proposed amendment would add text that stipulates how public comment periods might be used in extraordinary and emergency circumstances.
Specifically, the amendment would allow for a 15-day public comment period on proposed MPO actions when warranted by extraordinary circumstances, and would allow the MPO to waive a public comment period in an emergency situation. A 45-day public comment period on the proposed amendment ends Thursday, March 25, at 5:00 PM. The MPO is planning to take action on the proposed amendment at its currently scheduled April 1, 2010, meeting, at 10:00 AM, in Conference Room 4 of the State Transportation Building.
The MPO also invites the public to attend a listening session on the proposed amendment on Wednesday, March 3, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM, in the MPO Conference Room of the State Transportation Building (10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston). MPO staff will explain the proposed amendment and be available to answer questions on the proposed amendment and other MPO activities.
The proposed amendment is posted on the MPO’s website, www.bostonmpo.org, along with the MPO’s antidiscrimination statement and related information. Copies of the proposed amendment can also be obtained by contacting MPO staff: by mail at 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116-3968; by voice at 617-973-7100; by TTY at 617-973-7089; by fax at 617- 973-8855; or by e-mail at publicinformation@ctps.org. Copies are free of charge, and, upon request will be made available in CD, print, and accessible formats. The MPO staff should also be contacted by any of the means listed above to request an interpreter for the listening session.
The Boston Region MPO is responsible for conducting regional transportation planning and for programming federal capital funding for transit and highway projects in 101 municipalities in eastern Massachusetts. The MPO members include transportation and planning agencies and organizations, and municipalities.
A photo ID is required for admittance to the State Transportation Building. The building is accessible from the following MBTA transit services:
Orange Line – New England Medical Center or Chinatown Stations
Green Line – Boylston or Arlington Stations
Silver Line – New England Medical Center Station
MBTA Bus Routes 43 and 55
Paratransit: THE RIDE |
