Proposed Amendment to the FY 2011 – FY 2015 Transportation Improvement Program & Horizon 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan

The Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA) is the metropolitan transportation planning organization for the five county region including Jefferson, Bullitt and Oldham counties in Kentucky and Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana. Our responsibilities include producing a long range transportation document, Horizon 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan with projects listed through the year 2030, as well as a short range planning document, the FY 2011 – FY 2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that identifies planned federal funding expenditures through 2015.

Project changes have been proposed for these documents and we would like to get your feedback. The Horizon 2030 Metropolitan Transportation Plan remains financially reasonable and the TIP remains fiscally constrained with the proposed changes. In addition, the projects have been reviewed by the Interagency Consultation Group for the regional emissions analysis. An air quality conformity report and documentation of the analysis are included on this page http://www.kipda.org/Transportation/Drafts.aspx.

We invite you to review the project information and submit comments to the following address by November 3, 2011.

TIP & Plan Amendment

KIPDA

11520 Commonwealth Drive

Louisville, KY 40299

You may also email comments to kipda.trans@ky.gov or fax them to 502.266.5047, Attn: TIP & Plan Amendment.

In addition, you may review the documents and ask questions in person during a public open house on October 25, 2011, 4-6:30 p.m., Louisville Free Public Library’s Highlands-Shelby Park Branch, 1250 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY

For more information, call Josh Suiter at (502) 266-6084.

Louisville Residents Have New Way to Report Potholes

Need to report a pothole or a street light that isn’t working? Look no further than your iPhone or Android.

Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer unveiled the new Mobile311 smart phone application that allows citizens to report concerns, complaints or compliments with a quick click.

Citizens can snap pictures of problems and the image is geocoded and sent directly to Metro Government’s MetroCall 311 center.

“Citizens can interact with their city government by many methods – in person, over the phone, on the web, by Facebook and Twitter and now by smart phone,” Fischer said. “This app is the latest example of innovation at work in Louisville.”

The app is available for free download – search for “311 & MSD” in the smart phone app store or visit www.louisvilleky.gov/mobileapps

The new app was developed in conjunction with the city’s Technology Services Department and the Metropolitan Sewer District, which helps answer and process MetroCall 311 phone calls at night and on weekends.