The Richland County Regional Planning Commission and American Structurepoint have six scheduled open houses for the 2025-2050 long-range transportation plan.

MANSFIELD — Richland County residents have the chance to shape the county’s transportation projects across the next 25 years.

The Richland County Regional Planning Commission and the consulting group American Structurepoint Inc have announced public meetings for residents to share their thoughts.

The Long-Range Transportation Plan will guide auto, bicycle, bus and pedestrian projects and funding through 2050.

As part of the planning process, RCRPC Metropolitan Planning Organization launched an online survey to seek the public’s input on transportation improvement locations, safety needs and priorities for investing the MPO’s resources in future transportation improvement needs across the county.

The survey asks questions including what traffic management strategies are most important, where budget priorities should be, what areas need attention in different priorities and how survey-takers rate their current accessibility of transportation.

Planning commission staff said the survey should take around 5 minutes and the results will help determine priorities, strategies and safety needs for the next 25 years.

Surveys will be open through July 1. The public meetings and the focuses of each are listed below.

Existing conditions open houses

June 18, 2024

9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Plymouth Branch Library
29 W Broadway Street
Plymouth, OH 44865

2 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Richland County Regional Planning Commission
19 N Main Street
Mansfield, OH 44902

Needs plan open houses

Aug. 13, 2024

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (location and time details to be confirmed)
Main Branch Library
43 W. Third Street
Mansfield, OH 44902

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Richland County Regional Planning Commission
19 N Main Street
Mansfield, OH 44902

Cost-constrained project list open houses

Oct. 24. 2024

2 p.m. – 4 p.m. (location and time details to be confirmed)
Bellville Branch Library
97 W Bell Street
Bellville, OH 44813

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Richland County Regional Planning Commission
19 N Main Street
Mansfield, OH 44902

For more information and project updates, visit www.rcrpc.org/regional-transportation-plan or contact the project team.

PONG WU RCRPC Transportation Technical Director
OFFICE: 419.774.6200
EMAIL: pwu@rcrpc.org

PHILIP ROTH Project Manager American Structurepoint, Inc.
OFFICE: 317.547.5580
EMAIL: proth@structurepoint.org