The Executive Board of the Knoxville Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) will hold a public hearing at its meeting on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in the Small Assembly Room of the City-County Building, 400 Main Street, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the purpose of considering public comment both written and oral on the proposed Program of Projects (POP) funded by Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula Transit Grant funds and FY 2016 Section 5339 Bus and Bus Facilities Grant funds. The City of Knoxville is the official designated recipient of the grant funds. The public involvement process, including the times established for public review and for allowing comment on the POP, follows the TPO’s TIP public involvement process, as allowed by FTA and in accordance with appropriate federal transit regulations. If there are no changes to the POP it will be considered final.
Interested persons or agencies, and particularly private transportation providers are encouraged to participate in the process. For information, to be mailed or faxed a copy of the POP, or to provide comments in advance of the meeting contact Dori Caron at the TPO at 400 Main Street, Suite 403, Knoxville, TN 37902; or by telephone at (865) 215-2694; or by e-mail at dori.caron@knoxplanning.org. Comments submitted in advance of the meeting by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 will be read into the minutes at the meeting.