Continuing Cooperative Comprehensive Transportation Planning

Welcome to the New Bern Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (NBAMPO) official website. The NBAMPO is comprised of The Town of Bridgeton, portions of Craven County, City of New Bern, Town of River Bend, Town of Trent Woods, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation in cooperation with the various administrations within the U.S. Department of Transportation. The MPO participates in a Continuing, Cooperative and Comprehensive ("3-C") transportation planning process in the New Bern Metropolitan Area as required by Section 134 (a), Title 23, United States Code.

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PUBLIC COMMENT

The New Bern Area MPO Project Team is currently working on two initiatives, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and a Safety Action Plan (SAP). These planning efforts are focused on identifying transportation improvements and safety enhancements such as widening or constructing new roads, modifying intersections, improving pedestrian connectivity with sidewalks, crosswalks, pedestrians push buttons, etc. Both plans will guide the MPO in prioritizing and justifying investment decisions while helping to clearly communicate with stakeholders and access funding opportunities. In fact, the SAP will identify various types of safety countermeasures for the entire planning area that would allow our member agencies to apply for a Safe Streets 4 All (SS4A) Grant to implement those recommendations.

We want to hear from you! A virtual room has been created which summarizes both plans and the goals of each. This virtual room was highlighted during this month’s TCC and TAC meetings. Please take a few minutes to visit the room, learn more about these initiatives, take the survey, and share it so more citizens can get involved.

FY26 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Draft

Each year the New Bern Area MPO produces a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) to outline expenditures necessary to carry out planning activities by the MPO and its member agencies during the upcoming fiscal year. NCDOT requires the UPWP be adopted and submitted by March 28, 2025 for the coming fiscal year.

The draft FY 2026 UPWP is similar to the current year’s budget and is created to further the operational objectives identified by the Technical Coordinating Committee and Transportation Advisory Committee. The work program accounts for all direct operating expenses to include personnel, training, corridor studies, and more. Public comment will be received until January 16, 2025.

For more information and to submit comments, you can email trebil.deanna@newbernnc.gov, call 252-639-7592 or send comments to New Bern Area MPO, 303 First Street, New Bern, NC 28560.

PUBLIC NOTICE

tAc meeting

The Transportation Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on January 23, 2024 at 3:30 PM in the Development Services Conference Room at 303 First Street, New Bern, NC 28560.

For more information regarding the meeting listed above, please contact NBAMPO at (252) 639-7592. Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or disability. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act should contact the NBAMPO no later than 48-hours in advance of the meeting.

FY24 and FY25 Meeting Schedule