Ohio Department of Transportation • News Release

DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS 1980 West Broad Street • Columbus, Ohio 43223 www.transportation.ohio.gov

ODOT Seeking Public Comment on Transportation Plan

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) hereby notifies all interested persons that a draft long range transportation plan called Access Ohio 2040, an update to Ohio’s long-range transportation plan, is available for review and comment. Access Ohio 2040 is a vision for Ohio’s future transportation system that includes eleven recommendations which will guide, inform, and support ODOT’s policies and investment strategies in the coming years. You may provide your comments at www.accessohio2040.com or by visiting one of the locations identified below. Comments concerning Access Ohio 2040 may be submitted through the above website, by e- mail [email protected], or by mail:

Jennifer Townley Division of Planning Attn: Charles Dyer Ohio Department of Transportation Mail Stop #3280 1980 West Broad Street Columbus, OH 43223

Written comments must be received by the close of business on January 15, 2014

ODOT Offices:  ODOT District 1: 1885 North McCullough St. – Lima, Ohio 45801  ODOT District 2: 317 East Poe Rd. – Bowling Green, Ohio 43402  ODOT District 3: 906 Clark Avenue – Ashland, Ohio 44805  ODOT District 4: 2088 S. Arlington Road. – Akron, Ohio 44306  ODOT District 5: 9600 Jacksontown Road – Jacksontown, OH 43030  ODOT District 6: 400 E. William Street – Delaware, Ohio 43015  ODOT District 7: 1001 Saint Marys Avenue - Sidney, Ohio 45365  ODOT District 7, Poe Avenue Facility: 5994 Poe Avenue – Dayton, Ohio 45414  ODOT District 8: 505 S. State Route 741 – Lebanon, Ohio 45036  ODOT District 9: 650 Eastern Avenue – Chillicothe, Ohio 45601  ODOT District 10: 338 Muskingum Drive – Marietta, Ohio 45750  ODOT District 11: 2201 Reiser Ave. – New Philadelphia, Ohio 44663  ODOT District 12: 5500 Transportation Blvd. – Garfield Heights, OH 44125  ODOT Central Office: 1980 West Broad Street – Columbus Ohio 43223

Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Additional Locations:  Akron Metropolitan Area Transportation Study (AMATS): 806 CitiCenter – 146 South High Street – Akron, Ohio 44308  Stark County Regional Planning Commission (SCATS): 201 3rd St N.E., Suite 201– Canton, Ohio 44702  Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI): 720 East Pete Rose Way, Suite 420 –Cincinnati, OH 45202  Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA): 1299 Superior Ave. – Cleveland, OH 44114  Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC): 111 Liberty Street, Suite 100 – Columbus, OH 43215  Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC): 1 South Main Street, Suite 260 – Dayton, OH 45402  KYOVA Interstate Planning Commission: 214 Fourth Street – Huntington, WV 25712  Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission (LACRPC): 130 West North Street – Lima, OH 45801  Licking County Area Transportation Study (LCATS): 20 S Second St – Newark, OH 43055  Richland County Regional Planning Commission (RCRPC): 35 Park Street North – Mansfield, OH 44902  Erie Regional Planning Commission (ERPC): 2900 Columbus Avenue – Sandusky, OH 44870  Clark County-Springfield Transportation Coordinating Committee (CCSTCC): 3130 E. Main Street, Suite 2A – Springfield, OH 45505  Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission (BHJ): 124 North Fourth Street, Second Floor – Steubenville, OH 43952  Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Governments (TMACOG): 300 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive – Toledo, OH 43697  Bel-O-Mar Regional Council and Interstate Planning Commission (Bel-O-Mar): 105 Bridge Street Plaza – Wheeling, WV 26003  Eastgate Regional Council of Governments (Eastgate): City Centre One– 100 E. Federal St., Suite 1000 – Youngstown, OH 44503  Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association (OMEGA): 326 Highland Ave – Cambridge, OH 43725  Maumee Valley Planning Organization (MVPO): 1300 E Second St. – Defiance, OH 45312  Buckeye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development Commission: 1400 Pike St. – Marietta, OH 45750  City of Wooster: 538 N Market St. – Wooster, OH 44691  City of Lancaster: 121 E. Chestnut St., First Floor– Lancaster, OH 43130  City of Zanesville: 401 Market Street– Zanesville, OH 43701  City of Marion: 233 West Center Street – Marion, Ohio 43302  Hancock County Regional Planning Commission: 318 Dorney Plz # 306 – Findlay, OH 45840  Stark Area Regional Transit Authority (SARTA): 1600 Gateway Blvd. SE – Canton, OH 44707  South East Area Transit: 375 Fairbanks Street – Zanesville, OH 43701

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For more information contact: Ericka Pfeifer, (614) 728-8913, [email protected].