420 10th Street Columbus, Georgia 31901 Phone: 706-653-4126
Every four years, the United State Department of Transportation (USDOT) conducts a review of the Columbus - Phenix City region’s transportation planning process. This certification review consists of four primary activities:
The C-PCTS MPO Certification will be held on February 21 - 22 at the Columbus Consolidated Annex Located at 420 10th Street, Columbus, GA. There will be a Public Meeting on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at the Columbus Public Library located at 3000 Macon Road, Columbus, GA 31906 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
As part of the process, the public is invited to share their comments. We welcome your input on how the planning process is currently functioning and how to improve the process. Please review the overview presentation and the informational documents below and provide any feedback via the comment form at the bottom of the page. To be considered in USDOT's finale report all comments must be submitted by 5 PM on March 15, 2024.
This notice is issued to inform the public of a receipt of an application for a variance submitted pursuant to a state environmental Law. The public is invited to comment during the 30-day period on the proposed activity. The application is for the proposed project involving construction of a multi-use trail (Dragonfly Trail Phase I) which aims to connect 16th Street with an existing trail in the city of Columbus, Muscogee County. Land disturbance within the buffer of Weracoba Creek consists of concrete path construction which totals 189 square feet along 35 linear feet. The project is located within the Middle Chattahoochee Watershed (03130003) and impacted areas will be restored to the extent practicable upon completion of the project. *For more information see complete notice here*
Steam Mill Road Improvements Project
Date: Monday, October 23, 2023
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM
Location: Columbus Baptist Association 3679 Steam Mill Road
View the options and provide feedback in person or on the project website:
https://www.steammillroadstudy.com/
Questions or Concerns? Donna Newman, Director of Engineering 706-225-4441 engineeringdept@columbusga.org
The Columbus-Phenix City Transportation Study – Metropolitan Planning Organization (C-PCTS-MPO) is conducting a competitive project selection process to award expected FY 2023-2024 Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) Program Urban Attributable (Y230) funds, provided through the act entitled Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
Please refer to the Application's Call For Projects page for more information.
The process of updating the 5-year community work program of the Comprehensive Plan for the City of Columbus has begun, and this is your invitation to have input! The City has held three public meetings in three various areas of Columbus. The fourth meeting will be held at the Planning Advisory Commission on September 20, 2023, at 9 AM in the Council Chamber of the Citizen Service Center. This will be the first meeting presenting the new Community Work Program.
The CPC-MPO 2023-2026 Public Participation Plan is now available for review and comment. Please submit any comments to mixen.michael@columbusga.org within the next 30 days.
The Draft 2024-2027 Transportation Improvment Program is now available for review and comment. Please submit any comments to Ltemples@columbusga.org within the next 30 days.
The Columbus-Phenix City Metropolitan Planning Organization has published a revised annual listing of obligated projects. The purpose of this report is to provide a list of federal highway and transit funded projects obligated in the previous fiscal year. A project is considered obligated when a funding contract has been completed, or a grant has been awarded. The report includes all projects in Alabama within the City of Phenix City, the City of Smiths Station, and parts of Lee and Russell Counties obligated in fiscal year 2022, which ran from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.
The 2024 Draft Unified Planning Work Program is now available for review and comment. Please submit any questions or comments to CPCMPO@Columbusga.org
The Columbus-Phenix City Metropolitan Planning Organization has announced a number of TIP (Transportation Improvement Plan) projects for Fiscal Year 2022 for the Alabama portion of the metropolitan area. You may view a list of the projects with additional information here
The Georgia Department of Transportation has authorized a number of federally funded transportation projects for Fiscal Year 2022. For more information and a list of these projects, please click here.
Will Johnson Planning Director wjohnson@columbusga.org (706) 225-4116
Felton Grant Right-of-Way Coordinator fgrant@columbusga.org (706) 225-3939
Lynda Temples Principal Transportation Planner ltemples@columbusga.org (706) 225-3938
Michael Mixen Senior Transportation Planner mixen.michael@columbusga.org (706) 225-3934
David Cooper GIS Technician dcooper@columbusga.org (706) 225-3976
LaGranita Davis Administration Assistant davis.lagranita@columbusga.org (706) 225-3935
John Renfoe Assistant Planning Director jrenfroe@columbusga.org (706) 225-3937
Rex Wilkinson Senior Planner wilkinson.rex@columbusga.org (706) 225-3928
Morgan Shepard Principal Planner / Zoning Administrator shepard.morgan@columbusga.org (706) 225-3940
Claire Mitchell Planner mitchell.claire@columbusga.org (706) 225-3941