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July 31, 2010

Meeting coming Aug. 10 in Louisville

Staff Writer newsroom@newsandtribune.com The News and Tribune Sat Jul 31, 2010, 07:43 PM EDT

LOUISVILLE — The U.S. Department of Transportation will have its federal certification review of the metropolitan transportation planning process for the Louisville Metropolitan Planning Area in August.

As part of the review process that takes place once every four years, there will be a public meeting seeking public comment from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10.

Included in the review is Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency’s transportation planning process and its planning area, which includes Clark and Floyd counties.

This meeting will be the public’s opportunity to talk directly with Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration officials about the Louisville area transportation planning process, according to a KIPDA press release.

The Aug. 10 meeting will be the only public meeting in regards to the federal certification review and it will be located at the South Louisville Community Center, 2911 Taylor Blvd.

The highway administration also is accepting written comments which can be submitted until Aug. 25 to: Greg Rawlings, FHWA, 330 W. Broadway Frankfort, KY, 4060; or by e-mail to Gregory.Rawlings@fhwa.dot.gov.

For more information or those needing special accommodation at the meeting, call KIPDA Community Outreach Specialist Josh Suiter at 502-266-6084.

To view the results of 2006’s review visit: www.kipda.org/Transportation/MPO/FederalCertificationReview2010.aspx

— Staff Writer Braden Lammers

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