Scheduled TRAC Working Sessions and End-of-the-Year Meeting

COLUMBUS - The Ohio Transportation Review Advisory Council (TRAC) will hold a series of working sessions, beginning Friday, November 19, at 9 a.m. at the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Central Office in Columbus. This will be a voting session to approve minutes of the previous meeting.

The TRAC - the independent committee that assists ODOT in selecting its largest investments - has scheduled another working session for Friday, December 3, at the same location.

On Thursday, December 9, the TRAC is expected to hold its regularly scheduled end-of-the-year meeting to release its 2011 draft listing of major new construction projects.

In addition to projects that are already under construction, the list would include projects ready for new construction and projects that will be studied and designed for potential construction in the future.

The TRAC reviews and approves all major multi-modal projects worth more than $5 million that add capacity to the state transportation system.

Over the past several months, ODOT and members of the TRAC held a series of regional public hearings around the state to meet with the sponsors of 63 applications for new construction investments as well as funding for new planning, design, and right-of-way work in all major modes of travel and shipping.

WHAT: TRAC Working Sessions

WHEN: 9:00 a.m. Friday, November 19, 2010 and Friday, December 3, 2010

WHERE: ODOT Central Office, 1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43223

WHAT: TRAC End-of-the-Year Regularly Scheduled Meeting

WHEN: 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 9, 2010

WHERE: ODOT Central Office, 1980 W. Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43223

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