Plans and Programs

Tri-Community Transportation Plan: Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach

This is an innovative multi-municipality study with Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach jointly working with a consultant team led by Gorrill-Palmer. To study and make recommendations for improvements to the existing transportation system which the three communities share

The three communities together form an urban service center at the southern end of the PACTS region.

This study was created because:

• They all endure significant traffic congestion on a daily basis and/or seasonally.
• They jointly operate the local Shuttlebus-ZOOM transit system.
• They wish to collaborate in responding to rising fuel prices with actions related to land use planning and alternative modes of transportation.
• They wish to have a plan that complies with the MaineDOT’s Sensible Transportation Policy Act Rule so they may compete for MaineDOT capital improvement financing incentives.
  

Agendas
Minutes
Meeting Documents/Maps

Plan development involves a public process with an advisory committee. The effort is assessing the current and future regional transportation demands along the key corridors in the study area. Primary goals include preserving mobility while improving safety for all modes, and include regional sustainability measures such as enhancing access to transit and improving bicycle and pedestrian accommodations. The study involves a major land use and access management component, traffic signal coordination considerations, and infrastructure improvements to these corridors as well as any other discrete locations that may yield substantial improvements.

Agendas
Tri Community Transportation Study - Agenda - February 2009

Tri Community Transportation Study - Agenda - March 2009

Minutes

Tri Community Transportation Study - Meeting Minutes - February 2009

Tri Community Transportation Study - Meeting Minutes - March 2009

Meeting Documents
Tri Community Transportation Study - Project Description

 

 

For more information, contact Carl Eppich at ceppich@gpcog.org or call 774-9891.