Land use and the transportation system can operate symbiotically, each supporting the essential functions of the other. However, land use and development practices and the design and management of the transportation system may also work at cross-purposes without a conscious effort to integrate their impacts. The first stage of this effort is the correlation of goals and recommendations in the Bloomington and Normal comprehensive plans and the Long-Range Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2045 (LRMTP). Although the compilation of strategies was incorporated into the communities’ planning process, the work of connecting transportation and land use on a continuing basis remains. This program offers opportunities for local governments, agencies and MCRPC to explore possible methods to formally tie the two aspects of the community together as growth and change demand new approaches. MCRPC will use its allocation of IDOT’s State Metropolitan Planning grant funds to establish an annual Transportation and Land Use Connections Program (TLC Program), either through grants to local governments and agencies for specific project proposals, or to support MCRPC as it carries out relevant investigations with or on behalf of its planning partners. MCRPC expects the TLC Program to be an annual process, beginning with inquiries by or on behalf of local government or agencies. Eligible projects for this grant include:
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2019TLC Grant ApplicationThe 2019 TLC Grant Application is now open.
Important DatesOpening Date: July 3, 2019. Closing Date: August 31, 2019. MCRPC staff may request additional clarifying details about the application no later than: September 13, 2019 The Commission is expected to make the final funding determination at the October 2, 2019 MCRPC Commission meeting.
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