Imcal MPO planning services 2021-2022

This $417,270 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the Highway Planning and Construction Program (CFDA 20.205) will fund supplemental planning services for the Lake Charles, Louisiana Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) in 2021-2022. The key activities to be delivered include:

Assisting the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) with planning and capacity improvements for the I-10 and I-210 corridors within the MPO area. Additional tasks involve preliminary planning for the major thoroughfare network, creating a new traffic count website, integrating resiliency planning, developing asset management plans, and coordinating with local agencies on a roadway centerline project. The grant will also support public outreach to communicate value capture techniques to regional jurisdictions.

Project description

Scope: this work will focus on supplemental planning tasks for the lake charles, MPO. These tasks include assisting dotd efforts to complete I-10 and I-210 corridors for capacity improvements through the MPO area, preliminary planning work to establish the major thoroughfare network, creation of a new traffic count website, integration of resiliency planning efforts, development of preliminary asset management plans as well as coordination with local public agencies on the local and state roadway centerline project in the MPO region. Within the public outreach component value captured techniques will be communicated to the jurisdictions in the region.