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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HRTPO Public Comment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: Midtown Tunnel/Downtown Tunnel/MLK Extension Project Name: Ms. Carol A. Johanningsmeier Date: March 16, 2012 Subject: Termination for Convenience Public Comment Input (Via E‐Mail) I urge you to support the "Termination for Convenience" of the PPT contract with ERC recently signed by our Governor. I agree with the March 16 Virginian Pilot editorial and the opinion piece by Col. Charles H. Mead (Ret.) that this agreement creates "A lopsided tunnel 'partnership'" that would be disastrous for our region and the entire commonwealth. 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HRTPO Public Comment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: HRTPO Certification Review Name: Mr. Ray Taylor Date: March 16, 2012 Subject: HRTPO Certification Review Public Comment Input (Via E‐Mail) I have attached my public comment input for the subject recertification review process. The attached input identifies and lists certain supporting documents. At the public hearing meeting or before, I will provide a disc to the review team and to the TPO staff for information that contains these supporting documents. Attached Comments: Public Comment Input March 19, 2012 Public Meeting for the 2012 Quadrennial Federal Certification Review of the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization For the joint FHWA and FTA recertification review team, Welcome back to Hampton Roads Your professional recertification review efforts back in 2007 contributed enormously and substantially to what, you will find, has been an outstanding four follow‐on years of remarkable and impressive MPO reform here in Hampton Roads. Thank you for your encouragement and for that shot in the arm which you provided in your last report. You will discover that over 50 new best practices have been imported and adopted by the HRTPO over the past four years. You will discover also, I believe, that the job—the reform process—needs important and additional FHWA and FTA attention. Welcome back. I believe that we (our HRTPO) and the state level oversight and support mechanisms both need and seek additional solid guidance. Some recommended topics for review are suggested below: 1. Regional Transportation Planning, the TIP and the STIP. Pursuant to General Assembly legislation, a Joint Audit and Legislative Review (JLARC) audit of statewide and regional transportation planning and programing was conducted. The superb depth of effort and findings of this JLARC Audit were largely rejected and the three reports required as listed in the final seven overall recommendations were never developed. It remains evident to this observer that as minimums, (1) the state Code of 1
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