The Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization will start either late this year or in early 2014 on updating its 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan, director Srikanth Yamala said. The planning process usually takes anywhere between 12-18 months and ”we are required to update the plan every four years, essentially by August 2015,” said Yamala, who also serves as Hall County’s planning director. “Most likely, we will retain the planning horizon to 2040,” he said.