Transportation Planning

As the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the Central Naugatuck Valley Region, COGCNV is responsible for overseeing the ongoing regional transportation planning program.  These activities include:

• Transportation Improvement Program
  COGCNV approves the region's Transportation Improvement Program, or "TIP," a three-year schedule for federally funded transportation projects. 
• Surface Transportation Program 
  The Surface Transportation Program (STP) consists of high priority highway improvements for major state and local roads in the urbanized portion of the region. Subsets of STP include the Urban Program, the Anywhere Program, the Rural Program, and the Enhancement Program. Projects in these programs are listed on the facing page.  Click here for more information about our current activities in the region.
• Transportation Strategy Board and Transportation Investment Areas
  COGCNV participates in statewide transportation planning efforts such as the coastal corridor and Interstate 84 Transportation Investment Areas and the Transportation Strategy Board.  The roster of participants in these initiatives as well as related documents can be found here.

• Regional Transit Services
  COGCNV performs an advisory role in transit activities throughout the region.  In addition, COGCNV conducts transit planning studies for the region.  Information about transit programs in the area can be found here:

• Job Access and Reverse Commute Program
• Greater Waterbury Transit District
• Elderly and Disabled Transportation Services
• CT Transit Waterbury Division Schedules

The public participation process is vital to COGCNV’s transportation planning efforts. COGCNV staff:

• Conduct public information meetings to identify opportunities for coordinating transportation services
  

• Inform and solicit comments from local officials and others about sources of federal and state transportation funding, hazardous road locations, and results of traffic impact studies.

Long-Range Regional Transportation Plan 2000
The Long Range Transportation Plan provides a guide for transportation planning in the Central Naugatuck Valley region.  This plan analyzes highway and road congestion, commuting patterns, land use, and transit services. The plan describes the existing transportation systems and offers long- and short-term recommendations. COGCNV staff met with municipal officials in October 2000 to discuss their priorities, and staff conducted a public hearing on the plan in November 2000. The final plan was adopted by the COGCNV board in January 2001.

Listed below is a summary of COGCNV transportation planning projects between fiscal year 2001 and 2002:

• Local Road Accident Reduction Program

• State Route 69 Traffic Operations Study

• Interstate 84 West of Waterbury Needs and Deficiencies Study

• Traffic Counter Program

• Regional Bus Route Study

• Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Mini-Bus Grants