The UPWP is a federally required document that describes how the federal planning funds allocated to the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will be used and what planning activities the MPO staff and its consultants will undertake during the upcoming program year. This document also describes the MPO accomplishments from the current year. Approval of this UPWP is needed by the end of 2021.
The 30-day comment period for this Draft UPWP will start on September 28 and end on October 27, 2021. This UPWP will come before the Lawrence-Douglas County MPO Policy Board for approval at their November 18, 2021 meeting. Public Comments received will be considered by the MPO Policy Board where decisions pertaining to revision of this document will be made prior to final approval.
The draft UPWP will be available for public review online at: https://lawrenceks.org/mpo/upwp; paper copies are available for review at Lawrence City Hall Riverfront – Planning & Development Services Office (1 Riverfront Plaza, Suite 320) from 8 am to 4 pm, Lecompton City Hall, Baldwin City Public Library, Eudora City Hall and Lawrence Public Library.
Written comments may be emailed to mpo@lawrenceks.org or mailed to Jessica Mortinger at the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization, PO Box 708, Lawrence, KS 66044-0708.