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The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission, the transportation planning organization in Northwest Arkansas, is currently updating the Long Range Transportation Plan for 2035. Please drop in and share your concerns and opinions on the future of transportation in NW Arkansas.We will be joined by representatives of the CONNETICS Tranportation Group who are conducting a Transit Development Plan for NW Arkansas and are looking forward to your input for this study.

When:

September 7, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM at the Fayetteville Public Library - Walker Community Room  AND

September 9, 2010 from 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM at the Center for Non-Profit at Mercy Hospital, Main Lobby Conference Room, in Rogers

Public input for the Transit Development Plan will be taken on the same days from 2:00 PM until 6 PM.

2035 Long Range Transportation Plan Update

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission, the transportation planning organization in Northwest Arkansas, is currently updating the Long Range Transportation Plan. The draft plan under development will guide transportation improvements through the year 2035.

Your opinion is very important. Please take just a few minutes to complete the Public Opinion Survey for the 2035 Regional Transportation Plan.
You can either complete the Public Opinion Survey Online, or download the PDF version of the survey here. If you choose to complete the PDF version of the survey, please mail or fax it to us (directions are listed on the pdf survey).

Here is the online Spanish version of the survey. To get the PDF version of the survey in Spanish please click here.

Esta es la versión española en línea de la encuesta. Para obtener la versión PDF de la encuesta en español por favor haga clic aquí.

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission will be holding a series of public input meetings on the Long Range Plan update. We would appreciate your attendance.

For a list of meeting times and places please see our Notices and Announcements page.

The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission is a planning organization that serves local units of government in Benton, Madison and Washington Counties, Arkansas.  This organization is also the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for transportation in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). Since its formation in 1966, the Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission has been working toward making Northwest Arkansas a more desirable place to live and work. Act 26 of 1955 (which provided for the formation of NWARPC) states as its purpose, "... to make those studies and plans for the metropolitan area or region that will guide the unified development of the area, that will eliminate planning duplication and promote economy and efficiency in the coordinated development of the area and the general welfare and prosperity of its people."
NONDISCRIMINATION AND SPECIAL NEEDS STATEMENT: NWARPC complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other federal equal opportunity laws and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, age, national origin, religion or disability; in admission or access to and treatment in programs and activities; as well as in hiring or employment practices. A complaint of alleged discrimination and inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies may be directed to NWARPC, 1311 Clayton, Springdale, AR 72762. For more information, contact the NWA Regional Planning Commission at 479-751-7125. If anyone needs any special accommodations to participate in the public input process (i.e., signing interpreter, a Spanish interpreter, large print, audiotape, Braille) please notify Celia Scott-Silkwood at cscott-silkwood @ nwarpc.org or call 479-751-7125.