Welcome to Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization
Transportation 2035 was
adopted on December 8, 2010
Transportation Improvement Program
The Lake-Sumter MPO provides a forum for cooperative decision making concerning transportation issues throughout the urbanized area of Lake and Sumter counties in Florida. As the lead agency for regional transportation planning, the MPO is responsible for the planning of several modes of transportation.
The Lake-Sumter MPO's regional planning allows for the allocation of millions of dollars in federal transportation funding annually. The MPO also helps citizens speak with one voice to their state and federal legislators on transportation-related issues. Most importantly, effective public involvement ensures scarce tax dollars are used in accordance with the greatest needs and desires of the community.
The Lake-Sumter MPO seeks to improve transportation in both counties for all modes of travel, including mass transit, walking, bicycling, rail, air, as well as the automobile. The MPO prioritizes capital improvements to address the counties’ travel needs and allocates federal funding to implement the projects as identified in the LRTP and the TIP.
White Paper Minneola Interchange
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Transportation officials reward efforts of 2011 and look forward to 2012
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Lake County Transportation Alternative Funding Task Force
Current Planning Documents:
American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
[Federal
Economic Stimulus Package]
The Lake~Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Governing Board adopted
its Federal Economic Stimulus Transportation Project Priority List on Wednesday,
February 25, 2009, in anticipation of funds being made available for transportation
infrastructure projects through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
of 2009. As a result, ARRA funding was allocated to several transportation projects
in our region, including the widening of a portion of US 27 in South Lake County
to six lanes, several roadway resurfacing projects in Lake and Sumter Counties,
a pedestrian improvement project in the Lake Panasoffkee area, as well as capital
and maintenance for LakeXpress.
The MPO is currently preparing for an anticipated second round of Stimulus funding
later in the Summer, to be made available, potentially, from unused allocations
from the first round. The MPO adopted an
updated Federal Economic Stimulus Transportation Project Priority List at
its Governing Board Meeting on May 27, 2009. This list, in addition to providing
our updated project prioritization for ARRA funding, also summarizes those projects
that were funded in the first round, deemed ineligible, and newly requested since
the first round.