Buckeye Hills Regional Council (BHRC) is a designated Ohio Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO), in partnership with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT). Ohio’s RTPO Program is focused on providing transportation planning products and services to the nonmetropolitan regions of Ohio. Each RTPO is charged with developing transportation expertise, regional transportation databases, a public engagement policy, and a comprehensive, long-range, multimodal transportation plan for their region. This plan must be developed, maintained, and updated on a 5-year cycle, for the region defined by the State of Ohio.
For an RTPO, the Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is an important statement of the direction the region will be taking in transportation system investments. The plan identifies the multimodal and intermodal transportation policies and facilities needed to meet the RTPO’s travel demand for a minimum 20-year planning horizon, with update and revision required every 5 years. The LRTP includes both short and long-term strategies designed to result in an integrated transportation system that facilitates the efficient movement of people and goods. Approval of the LRTP does not come from the U.S. DOT. Rather, the RTPO board is the approving authority.
The intent of this LRTP document is to update and expand upon the elements of the original 2015 LRTP document and reflect the next 5-years of the program cycle. Public participation in the development of the LRTP is a critical importance to reflect the voices, needs, and priorities of the region. BHRC’s stakeholder participation process can be found in the agency’s Public Participation Plan, which can be found at https://buckeyehills.org/transportation-planning.
This report was funded in part through grant(s) from the Federal Highway Administration (and Federal Transit Administration), U.S. Department of Transportation and the Ohio Department of Transportation. The views and opinions of the authors (or agency) expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U. S. Department of Transportation or the Ohio Department of Transportation.