Transportation System Planning

The staff of KVCOG’s Planning Division conduct regional transportation planning projects and provide transportation planning assistance to communities. These activities are funded by the Maine Department of Transportation.

Help Us: KVCOG transportation planning is guided by a Regional Transportation Committee. If you are interested in participating on this committee, please contact us.

Current activities include:

Review of proposed MDOT Six Year Plan

Augusta Southwest (Route 202) Multi-modal Corridor Management Plan

Skowhegan Bicycle/Pedestrian Routing Study

Waterville Area Bicycle/Pedestrian Planning

KVCOG assists Maine DOT with regional transportation planning and programming:

2005 KVCOG Regional Transportation Assessment

2006 Project Scoring

2006 Project Locations

2006 Project Descriptions

Route 3 Corridor Master Plan

Other Maine DOT plans and program documents:http://www.state.me.us/mdot/planning-documents/planning-docs-home.php

Maine DOT DRAFT Six-Year Plan

 Community Resources. Communities that are engaged in highway or site planning, comprehensive planning, or other planning that links transportation systems to land use and economic development may be interested in the following resources:

Healthy Highways: A technical bulletin designed to assist in understanding how the transportation system functions and how it relates to land use planning.

Sensible Transportation: http://www.maine.gov/mdot-stage/planning-documents/stpa/sensibleTrans-handbook.html A handbook for how to do local transportation planning under Maine Law. (Note large file size.)

Model Design Standards for Parking Supply: Model language for local zoning and land use ordinances addressing access control, parking lot design, and landscaping/lighting. MS Word version of ordinance language for downloading.

Other Sites of Interest:

Old Canada Road Scenic Byway (Route 201 in Somerset County) http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/11510/

Kennebec-Chaudiere International Heritage Corridor (Kennebec Valley) http://www.kennebec-chaudiere.com/

Skowhegan Transportation Study (Second Bridge) http://skowhegantransportationstudy.com/

Northeast Border Corridor Studies page (East-west highway) http://www.northeastborder.com/