FAMPO Seeks Public Input For Federal Certification Review

Press release from Cumberland County:

Mar 23, 2021

The Fayetteville Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is asking the public to provide feedback for the FAMPO Certification Review, which will help determine how federal transportation dollars are spent in Cumberland County, Fayetteville and Fort Bragg.

Every four years, the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration perform a joint review to certify the planning practices of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) with populations over 200,000 in their urbanized area. FAMPO is one of the agencies designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation to make planning decisions about how to spend federal transportation dollars.

The FAMPO Certification Review Public Comment Period is open until April 16. You can help FAMPO by taking a brief survey available at fampocertrev.metroquest.com or by going to FAMPO.org and scrolling down the page to the “Quick Links” section. The survey is available in English or Spanish on both websites. (La encuesta está disponible en español e inglés). To send comments directly to the Federal Highway Administration, email Loretta Barren at Loretta.Barren@dot.gov.

Fort Bragg Voting Member

FAMPO has updated its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to include Fort Bragg as a voting member of the FAMPO Transportation Policy Board. Public comments regarding the MOU will be accepted until 5 p.m. on April 5. Send comments to delomagraham@co.cumberland.nc.us or call 910-678-7628.

Any urbanized area with a population greater than 50,000 is designated as a Metropolitan Planning Organization. FAMPO was established in 1975 and covers portions of Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke and Robeson counties. For more information, go to FAMPO.org or call 910-678-7614.

This press release was produced by Cumberland County. The views expressed are the author's own.