The Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) provides a forum for cooperative decision making concerning transportation issues throughout the urbanized area of Lake and Sumter counties in Florida. As the lead agency for regional transportation planning, the MPO is responsible for the planning of several modes of transportation. This regional planning allows for the allocation of millions of dollars in federal transportation funding annually. The MPO helps citizens speak with one voice to their state and federal legislators on transportation-related issues.
May 28, 2024
This ad is to serve as legal notice that the Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will open the Public Review Period on May 30, 2024, for the Approval of the FY 2025–2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and will close upon the approval on June 21, 2024, at the Lake~Sumter MPO Governing Board Meeting.
The Lake-Sumter MPO seeks to improve transportation in both counties for all modes of travel, including mass transit, walking, bicycling, rail, air, as well as the automobile. The MPO prioritizes capital improvements to address the counties' travel needs and allocates federal funding to implement the projects as identified in the LRTP and the TIP.