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Long Range Transportation Plan County 7/11/2018 LINCOLN LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN COUNTY 2018-2040 | CORTPO Produced by: Central Oklahoma Regional Transportation Planning Organization CORTPO 400 North Bell Shawnee, Oklahoma 74801 Phone (405) 273-6410 Fax (405) 273-3213 www.coedd.net Publication of this document was financed in part by funds provided by the United States Department of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration. The provision of Federal financial assistance should not be construed as denoting U.S. Government approval of plans, policies, programs or projects contained herein. The Central Oklahoma Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CORTPO) complies with all civil rights provisions of federal statues and related authorities that prohibit discrimination in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. Therefore, the CORTPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, or national origin, religion or disability, in the admission, access to and treatment in CORTPO programs and activities, as well as the CORTPO hiring or employment practices. Complaints of alleged discrimination and inquiries regarding the CORTPO RTPO’s nondiscrimination policies may be directed to the RPO Planner, Title VI & Title II Coordinator, 400 North Bell, Shawnee, and Ok 74801, (405) 273-6410 or the following email address:planner@coedd.net i Lincoln County Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan 2018-2040 CORTPO In cooperation with: The County of Lincoln County Oklahoma The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) The Central Oklahoma Economic Development District (COEDD) Council of Government The 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) was developed through a cooperative effort among CORTPO, member jurisdictions, the Oklahoma Association of Regional Councils (OARC), the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). ii CORTPO POLICY BOARD Gary Gray, Hughes County Commissioner Lee Doolin, Lincoln County Commissioner Max Henry, Okfuskee County Commissioner Kent Bradley, Payne County Commissioner Dale Carter, Pawnee County Commissioner Randy Thomas, Pottawatomie County Commissioner John Kirby, Seminole County Commissioner Pat Griggs, City of Wetumka, Hughes County Jim Greff, City of Prague, Lincoln County Carl Hensley, City of Yale, Payne County Jim Copeland, City of Okemah, Okfuskee County Elzie Smith, City of Cleveland, Pawnee County Jimmy Stokes, City of Tecumseh, Pottawatomie County Representative, City of Seminole, Seminole County Jim Collard, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Matt Goodson, Circuit Engineering CORTPO Technical Committee Richard Bailey Rusty Clark Joe Ready Shari Ripley Scott Smith David Smith Thomas Tillison Advisors: Braden Cale, ODOT Lee Doolin, Lincoln County Commissioner Kevin Bloss, ODOT Engineering District 8 David Hinkle, COEDD Executive Director Planning Staff Gail Thomas, CORTPO Staff Planner, GIS Maps iii CORTPO Mission; Vision A mission and vision were adopted by CORTPO, for planning a sustainable regional transportation system. Mission To work with public and private partners to develop and maintain the appropriate systems necessary for a safe, efficient, and convenient multi-modal transportation system that will effectively move people and goods on a coordinated transportation network that will advance and secure the economic prosperity and social equity for all residents, visitors, and businesses within the CORTPO region. Vision A comprehensive and coordinated multi-modal transportation environment based on the principles of inclusion, communications and innovation that will have the flexibility to respond to new technologies and methodologies to enhance the CORTPO region’s position in the regional, national, and international markets as well as provide accessible and affordable transportation services and opportunities to all of the region’s current and future residents. Funding This plan was developed through a cooperative effort among CORTPO, the member jurisdictions, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). “The current level of federal, state and local funds will be inadequate to ensure long term maintenance of regional roads, bridges, sidewalks, transit, multi-use trails and rail” - CORTPO iv Table of Contents CORTPO MISSION; VISION IV Mission iv Vision iv Funding iv TABLE OF CONTENTS V SUMMARY COMMENTS 1 Funding 1 Sustainability 1 LRTP Updates 1 Data Sources 1 A Policy and Project Plan 2 Projects: Public Comments 3 Public comments; Project Locations 4 Locations on State Highways 5 Rumble Strip Placement 7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION; KEY ISSUES & GOALS 8 Background Information 8 Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) 8 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act 8 Purpose of the Plan 8 Requirements 9 Planning Factors 9 Environmental Justice 10 Key Issues, Trends and Challenges 10 Concerns of the community 10 Challenges 11 Local assets 12 Goals, Objectives and Policies 13 CHAPTER 2: CURRENT CONDITIONS 15 Lincoln County 15 Geography 15 Ecology 15 Economy 15 Places 15 Historic Transportation 15 Population 16 Housing 17 Households 17 Income 17 Population Change; Incorporated Municipalities 18 Registered Motor Vehicles 18 Zero-vehicle Households 18 Educational Attainment 18 v Employment 19 Commuter data 20 Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZ) 20 County and Community Development 20 Physical Development Constraints 21 Environmental features 22 Lakes 22 National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) 23 Bicycle and Pedestrian Network 23 Public Transit 25 Highways 25 Truck Freight 25 Rail Freight 25 Abandoned Rail 26 Aviation 26 Public Safety Issues 27 Deteriorating Pavements and Deficient Bridges 28 Bridges 28 Structurally Deficient; Functionally Obsolete 28 CHAPTER 3: PROJECTED CONDITIONS 30 Population and Employment Projections 30 Aging Population 30 Employment projection 30 Projection of job growth in key sectors by 2020 30 Workforce Education Projection 30 Projected Growth Areas and new Housing 31 Highway improvements 31 Pedestrian Routes 31 Projected Bicycling 31 Recreational Cycling 31 Public Transportation 31 Projected Truck Freight 32 Rail Improvements 32 Passenger Rail 33 Aviation Review 34 Funded Improvements; 8-year Plan 34 County Improvements; Roads & Bridges (CIRB) 34 County Bridge & Road Improvement Fund (CBRI) 34 CHAPTER 4: FINANCIAL SUMMARY 35 Funding for Projects and Recommendations of the LRTP 35 Funding Sources 35 Tribal Transportation Projects and Funding 36 Rural Transit 36 Non-motorized Transportation 36 vi CHAPTER 5: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 37 Public Participation Plan 37 Methods 37 Surveys 37 Narrative Survey Results 38 Importance of transportation components 38 Priority for consideration 39 Public Comments 39 CHAPTER 6: THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN 41 LRTP Recommendations: 41 Implementation Policies 41 Action Steps for Implementation: Other Projects 41 Community Recommendations to ODOT 42 Other Recommendations 43 vii Lincoln County Oklahoma Long Range Transportation Plan 2040 Summary Comments Transportation is fundamental to all aspects of community life. A healthy community and economy must have a transportation system that is stable, with sufficient funding for preservation, maintenance and needed improvement of all modes over time. Economic development, access to goods and services, housing, jobs, recreation, and natural The Lincoln County resource management are all based on the transportation system. Together, these 2040 Long Range factors determine the quality of life in a community. Transportation Plan The purpose of the transportation system is to move people and goods in the safest and (LRTP) is the first most efficient manner. Transportation must effectively allow individuals to conduct their transportation plan personal lives, and provide for the efficient movement of goods to markets to support with a focus on small the county’s economic vitality. municipalities and Funding unincorporated portions of Lincoln The primary challenge to improving transportation in Lincoln County is to secure County, Oklahoma adequate funding. The current level of federal, state and local funds will be inadequate to ensure long term maintenance of roads, rail, pedestrian facilities and transit. For that The LRTP identifies reason, it will be necessary to find additional funding in order to maintain or improve existing and projected current service levels and accommodate the needs of the residential and business transportation communities over the period of this Plan. improvement needs Sustainability and includes an Long-term sustainability and resilience in transportation are needed to ensure that assessment of the people and the economy can continue to function in the event of disaster or various modes of unpredictable future conditions. Near-total reliance on a single mode of transportation travel, issues, trends may be an insufficient foundation for a secure and healthy community. and challenges that “Sustainability” goals of the Long-Range Transportation Plan include maintenance and may influence preservation of the current system, enhanced economic vitality, improved mobility, transportation in connectivity, safety and security. Infrastructure maintenance, transit, and enhanced Lincoln County over recreational opportunities are perceived as necessary to both economic goals and long the next few decades. term community resilience. LRTP Updates The transportation policies and projects recommended in the LRTP are intended to be implemented
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