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<span style="font-size:19px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Public is Invited to Provide Input on Transportation Project Priorities</span><span style="font-size:21px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br>

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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">(Columbia, MO)</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"> - Located in Columbia, Missouri, the Columbia Area Transportation Study Organization (CATSO) serves the City of Columbia and Boone County. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has asked CATSO to identify and prioritize projects important to our community.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">The first step in this prioritization process is to obtain public input. Citizens are invited to take part in two surveys:</span></p>
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<li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Values Survey: MoDOT has established four key areas that Missourians have suggested are important to them--maintenance, safety, economic development, and connections and choices. The Values Survey asks participants to provide input on specific priorities within each of these key areas.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"> Both surveys are online at </span><a href="http://www.motransportationpriorities.com/catso" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.motransportationpriorities.com/catso</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">.</span></p>
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<span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial">A final prioritized project list is to be submitted to MoDOT in May. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(68,68,68);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The list will be used in developing MoDOT's long-range plan and to determine what projects would be under taken if a 1-cent sales tax for transportation proposal is approved by voters in November, 2014. For more information on the project prioritization process, please contact the Missouri Department of Transportation at </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1-888 ASK MODOT - </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="tel:%281-888%20275%206636" value="+18882756636" target="_blank">(1-888 275 6636</a></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) or facilitation consultant Burns & McDonnell at (</span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="tel:816%29%20333-9400" value="+18163339400" target="_blank">816) 333-9400</a></span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial"></span></p>
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