The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center has released the 2016 official population estimates for Virginia and its counties and independent cities. Data shows trends toward population growth concentrated to urban areas and an aging population. Specific locality and regional population data is available on the Weldon Cooper Center website and on the CSPDC’s Regional Data Center.

Be sure to congratulate Rodney Rhodes, Staunton’s new Senior Planner, and Luke Juday, Waynesboro’s new Director of Planning on their new positions! Both Rhodes and Juday will serve on the Staunton Augusta Waynesboro MPO Technical Advisory Committee.

VTrans is the Commonwealth’s long-range transportation plan. The Virginia Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP) is the short-range component of the plan and details transportation needs and recommendations through 2025.  Virginia is developing statewide multimodal transportation recommendations and your input is needed!

The Virginia Office of Intermodal Planning and Investment (OIPI), alongside local stakeholders, has developed draft recommendations for the VTrans Multimodal Transportation Plan (VMTP).  The VMTP2025 Needs for Corridors of Statewide Significance (CoSS), Regional Networks, and Urban Development Areas (UDAs) were developed in 2015.  These 2025 Needs were consolidated across different travel markets and divided into three tiers.  The 2025 draft project recommendations for the Tier 1 Needs have been developed.  These draft recommendations will be available for review and discussion at an Open House on Wednesday, February 15th, from 4:00-6:00 p.m., at the Regional Transit Facility, 51 Ivy Ridge Lane, Fishersville, Virginia.

This Open House will be an important opportunity to share your input on these strategic investment recommendations.

If you have any questions, please contact Shana Johnson, sjohnson@foursquareitp.com, or to learn more about VTrans, please see www.vtrans2040.com.