At the November meeting of MCOTA, Region 5 Regional Development Commission Regional Planner Matt Kallroos provided an update about Region 5 (Central Minnesota) Regional Transportation Coordinating Council Phase 2 Operational Implementation Plan.
Region 5 RTCC includes the counties of Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena.
The four goals of the Region Five Regional Transportation Coordination Council include:
- Establish a Transportation Management Coordination Center
- Start a Volunteer Driver Program Committee
- Begin Developing the Groundwork for a Regional Transit Network
- Explore ways to simplify, streamline, and coordinate policies and procedures and identify ways that transportation systems could be fiscally sustained
Phase 3 of the R5RTCC will conclude in June 2021.
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