Public Meetings for Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update and Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plan
The South Central Planning and Development Commission is requesting your participation in providing input on two separate transportation planning documents. Meetings will be held in various locations and times throughout these area. Your local knowledge and input is extremely valuable to us as we prepare the plans!
The Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Transportation Plan will detail roadway and transit projects within Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes. The Plan will highlight new roadways and the widening of existing roadways in addition to emphasizing bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, safety improvements, future transit service, and other strategies to alleviate congestion.
The South Central Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plan will detail projects and policies aimed at the reduction of bicycle and pedestrian related crashes and fatalities within a seven-parish area including Assumption, Lafourche, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, and Terrebonne.
The public is invited to participate in the planning process through a series of short, interactive workshops designed to provide planners with needed local knowledge pertaining to the area’s transportation network. Participants will be given an opportunity to identify areas of congestion, unsafe segments of roadways, and potential solutions to those problems.
Workshops will be held at the following dates and locations:
April 30, 2019
Terrebonne Parish Main Branch Library
151 Library Drive, Houma
6 p.m.
May 2, 2019
Terrebonne East Branch Library
778 Grand Caillou Road, Houma
6 p.m.
May 7, 2019
Thibodaux Branch Library
3154 705 W 5th Street, Thibodaux
5 p.m.
May 9, 2018
Mathews Government Complex, Training Room
4876 Highway 1, Matthews
6 p.m.
May 14, 2019
Assumption Parish Main Library
293 Napoleon Avenue
2 p.m.
MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan Update
The Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Planning Organization is updating the long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) for the Houma-Thibodaux urbanized area.
You are invited to participate in this plan update by taking the following survey. The survey will remain open until Wednesday, July 31, 2019!
Also, be on the lookout for our upcoming series of public meetings. We would love to see you at one of these meetings that will be held throughout Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes!
HOUMA-THIBODAUX MEETING – LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE
Through the Louisiana Watershed Initiative, the state is working toward the coordination of floodplain management responsibilities based on watershed boundaries and will be collaborating with local jurisdictions in the months to come to achieve all related long-term outcomes. There will be a total of eight meetings statewide to discuss this initiative.
WHEN IS OUR REGION’S MEETING?
October 23, 2018
WHERE?
South Central Planning and Development Commission
5058 West Main Street
Houma, La 70364
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Elected officials
- Municipal, parish and planning district staff who work in areas such as planning and zoning, public works, emergency management, floodplain management, safety and permitting
- Local engineers, floodplain managers, modelers, GIS professionals, scientists or experts with access to datasets
(Sessions are divided, scroll down to view times for each meeting)
CONTACT PERSON FOR HOUMA-THIBODAUX MEETING:
Kevin Belanger
985-851-2900
HOW DID THE COUNCIL ON WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COME ABOUT?
In March and August of 2016, floodwaters impacted more than 145,000 homes throughout Louisiana, causing more than $10 billion in damage. In the weeks that followed, as recovery efforts began, Governor John Bel Edwards directed state agencies to coordinate programs and efforts toward future flood risk mitigation with a clear mandate – the status quo for floodplain management in Louisiana would no longer be an option. Water flows downhill and does not recognize political or arbitrary boundaries; thus, it must be managed, and associated risks mitigated, in a manner that takes this behavior into account. Gov. Edwards established the Council on Watershed Management through executive order JBE18-16 to serve as the continuation of this early interagency coordination and collaboration, which is composed of multiple state agencies with floodplain management responsibilities.
WHAT IS THE FOCUS?
The Council on Watershed Management is focused on working with local leadership and stakeholders to advance and support planning efforts, projects, and policies that achieve six distinct long-term outcomes for the resilience of Louisiana communities involving data, engagement, standards, funding, capability and capacity, and integrated planning. In addition to these long-term outcomes, the Council recognizes that immediate actions must be taken to demonstrate progress toward resilience and reducing flood risk throughout the state.
HOUMA-THIBODAUX MEETING – LOUISIANA WATERSHED INITIATIVE MEETING TIMES
TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS: 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (open to all technical professionals)
These workshops will feature a technical discussion related to datasets and data elements specific to the region in which the workshop is held, as well as discussions of how data are currently used, managed or shared at a local level to inform flood risk-reduction efforts. Technical experts interested in taking part—such as local engineers, floodplain managers, modelers, GIS professionals, scientists or experts with access to datasets—are encouraged to attend. From 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., there will be a deep dive workshop evaluating the current state and path of a specific dataset. From 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., there will be a general technical exchange in which participants are invited to share their local best practices, lessons learned, and needs, challenges and opportunities related to data in order to better understand and address flood risk.
WATERSHED INITIATIVE EXCHANGE: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (local, regional, state and federal officials only)
This session will include a facilitated discussion among our state agencies and municipal, parish and planning district staff who work in areas such as planning and zoning, public works, emergency management, floodplain management, safety and permitting. The focus of this session is to gather input on current local and regional challenges or opportunities that can inform Louisiana Watershed Initiative efforts with an emphasis on planning and policy.
ELECTED OFFICIALS BRIEFING: 4 p.m. – 5 p.m. (by invitation only)
Elected officials within each region are invited to meet with state agency officials to learn more about the Louisiana Watershed Initiative, share questions and feedback and identify opportunities for local jurisdictions to participate in planning and programmatic efforts moving forward. We very much want to hear from you as local elected officials, in addition to sharing updates and milestones.
If you or someone from your staff plan on attending any of these briefings, please RSVP by clicking here so we can plan accordingly. For more information, visit http://watershed.la.gov.
Public Notice Request for Qualifications
The HTMPO is requesting qualifications from transportation planning firms to assist with the update of the travel demand model to horizon year 2045 and other tasks as needed for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan update. The Public Notice for the RFP, a complete scope for the project, DOTD Form 24-102, and the scoring evaluation can be found below. Further inquiries on this RFQ shall be sent in writing to julie@scpdc.org
(Posted 10/2/18)
HOUMA-THIBODAUX MPO CALL FOR PROJECTS!
As announced at the January 2018 Policy Committee meeting of the Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), there is approximately $7 million in STP<200K funding available for transportation projects in the Houma-Thibodaux region for the years 2019-2022.
Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, roadway maintenance such as overlays and concrete section repairs, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, turning lanes and intersection improvements, engineering designs, and right-of-way acquisition or utility relocation for transportation projects.
All projects require a 20% match from the local government entity sponsoring the project. Consideration will only be given to those projects with a council resolution indicating a willingness to support the project.
Project applications are due by February 28, 2018. The applications will be reviewed and recommended for selection by the MPO’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) at the March TAC meeting. Projects must be submitted to the MPO by use of the project application form which can be downloaded here.
Completed applications as well as questions concerning the application and project eligibility can be submitted to:
Joshua Manning
Planner II
South Central Planning and Development Commission
P. O. Box 1870
Gray, LA 70359
Or via email to
The final selection will be made by the MPO Policy Committee at the April 2018 Policy Committee meeting.
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