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News...
As a part of its Annual Transportation Planning Services
Contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation, the
Middle Georgia Regional Commission (MGRC) was involved in the
following bicycle-pedestrian activities in FY 09:
- The MGRC provided technical assistance to the Central
Georgia Rail-to-Trail Association (CGRTA, Inc.) This
assistance included preparing for and attending the
quarterly meetings of the organization, developing and
sending out letters to key stakeholders requesting a meeting
to discuss the proposed rail-to-trail facility and to gain
their support for the project, and developing a brochure
that highlighted the key facts about the rail-to-trail
corridor and the organization. In addition, the CGRTA, Inc.
Board established their own website (www.cgrta.org) as
another means of communicating to the general public about
their vision of developing a multi-use trail to connect the
Ocmulgee Heritage Trail in Macon to the Oconee River
Greenway in Milledgeville.
- The MGRC developed and prepared Pedestrian
Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement Plans for the
City of Gordon, the City of Jeffersonville and the City of
Roberta. This is addition to the Plans that were prepared
for the City of Forsyth and the City of Hawkinsville in FY
08. The focus of these reports was to provide community
officials in these communities with a plan for current and
future sidewalk maintenance, as well as recommendations for
expansion to major activity centers (including the downtown
area) and neighborhoods not currently served by pedestrian
transportation facilities.
- Using maps provided by Georgia DOT, the MGRC traveled
all of the state highways in the region and marked on the
map the presence of rumble strips and shoulders on both
sides of the road using several different categories. This
rumble strip inventory is intended to provide guidance to
Georgia DOT in planning future bicycle facilities along
state routes and setting rumble strip policy.
- Finally, the MGRC updated the Regional
Bicycle-Pedestrian Website on a quarterly basis with the
latest news and information about local and regional bicycle
and pedestrian plans and programs, bicycle and pedestrian
safety and design, and the organizations and clubs in the
middle Georgia region that are active in promoting bicycling
and walking in their respective communities. Over the course
of the upcoming fiscal year, the MGRC plans to work with the
bicycle and pedestrian community to make the website a more
informative and useful tool.
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Pedestrian Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement
Plans for the City of Forsyth
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Pedestrian Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement
Plans for the City of Gordon
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Pedestrian Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement
Plans for the City of Hawkinsville
- Pedestrian Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement
Plans for the City of Jeffersonville
- Pedestrian Facility/Sidewalk Infrastructure Improvement
Plans for the City of Roberta
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