<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Contact:  Mitch <span class="" style>Skov</span> or Rachel Bacon</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><font size="4"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Long Range Transportation Plan Update - Public Hearing on 2040 Long Range Plan Set for </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="">February 27</span></span></font></b><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">COLUMBIA, MO (February 24, 2014) - The Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (<span class="" style>CATSO</span>) is updating the 2030 Long Range Transportation Plan (<span class="" style>LRTP</span>) to the year 2040. A public hearing on the proposed plan update, and potential adoption, will be held on </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">Thursday, February 27</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">, during the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (<span class="" style>CATSO</span>) Coordinating Committee meeting. The meeting will begin at 2:30 PM, and will be held at City Hall in the City Council Chambers, 701 E. Broadway. The public is strongly encouraged to attend. The ADA-Accessible meeting route is online <a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/community_development/commission_archive/Commissions/CATSO/documents/firstfloorADAwayfinding_coordinating_1911_000.pdf">here.</a> </span></div>
<div><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For more information on the 2040 <span class="" style>LRTP</span> planning process, and to view the public hearing draft and appendices, please visit the City’s website at </span><a href="http://www.gocolumbiamo.com/community_development/planning/boards_and_commissions/catso/2040Plan.php" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.<span class="" style>gocolumbiamo</span>.com/community_development/planning/boards_and_commissions/<span class="" style>catso</span>/2040Plan.<span class="" style>php</span></a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br clear="all">
<div><br></div>-- <br><div>Rachel Bacon, <span class="" style>AICP</span></div>
<div>Planner</div>
<div>City of Columbia</div>
<div>Department of Community Development</div>
<div>573-817-5006</div>
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