Gainesville’s fledgling Transportation Master Plan could go through a long, competitive and financially uncertain process of getting plugged into Hall County’s list of long-range transportation projects. Gainesville-Hall Metropolitan Planning Organization committees, including the decision-making policy committee, made up of top area elected officials, are slated to review and approve a draft plan during October and November, said Sam I. Baker, the MPO’s senior transportation planner. However, “for the city projects to receive any federal funds, the first requirement is that they be included in the MPO’s financially constrained long-range transportation plan,” he said.
Roads plan for city to face competition, possible drop in funding