April 2025: Draft GHMPO Plan Updates Are Now Available For Review!
The Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization is pleased to announce that several updates to planning documents are now in draft form and available for review. All three of these plans are anticipated to be adopted by the GHMPO Policy Committee at the May 6, 2025 meeting. Please direct any comments or feedback to the Transportation Planning Director, Joseph Boyd (jboyd@hallcounty.org).
Since the summer of 2023, GHMPO has been developing the 2055 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), as well as an update to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. The MTP begins with an assessment of existing conditions on the transportation network, uses Travel Demand Modeling to project future conditions in 2055, and provides a list of projects to mitigate future traffic conditions. These project recommendations also come with cost estimates, and ultimately serves as the first step to getting necessary projects programmed at the state level. Review the full study below:
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan is an update to the 2014 plan, and seeks to provide a list of project recommendations for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. This study identifies gaps in the bicycle and pedestrian transportation network, which can include sidewalks, bike lanes, multiuse paths, and more. Additionally, the Highlands to Islands Trail Network is a large component of the plan, which seeks to identify ideal alignments for the expansion of the multi-jurisdiction trail network. Review the full study below:
The State Route 13 / Atlanta Highway Corridor Study kicked off in the summer of 2024, and provides an analysis of the Atlanta Highway corridor from Tumbling Creek Road to State Route 369/Jesse Jewell Parkway. This study identifies mobility and safety improvements that can be made throughout the corridor to benefit both vehicles and pedestrians. In addition to providing improvement recommendations for the the full extent of the corridor, the study also provides an analysis of several key intersections and identifies specific projects at those locations. Review the full study below:
