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Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization covers a portion of Pottawatomie County and
(FHMPO) Pottawatomie County elected officials have a place
on the FHMPO policy board. On May 17, 2017
The Flint Hills Metropolitan Planning Organization
FHMPO approved extending the boundaries covered
(FHMPO), was created after the 2010 Census when
in the Metropolitan Planning Area to the larger area
the Manhattan Urbanized Area crossed the 50,000
depicted in Map 4, below.
population threshold. FHMPO was the first new
MPO created in the State of Kansas in more than The boundary change went into effect on January
thirty years. An MPO is a regional transportation 1, 2018 and added 5,490 additional residents and
planning organization and provides access to, and 87 additional square miles to the planning area. The
programming for, federal transportation funding. An Metropolitan Planning Area within Pottawatomie
MPO brings together regional transportation partners County now includes Wamego and the surrounding
to facilitate transportation planning decision making, area. The increase in coverage within Pottawatomie
including the state department of transportation, County means that a larger portion of the County
transportation providers, and local jurisdictions. will be included in the MPO’s travel demand
modeling, which is used as an input in transportation
The Metropolitan Planning Area (MPA) for FHMPO
project funding prioritization. Additionally, more

Map 4, FHMPO Metropolitan Planning Area Boundaries

40 | Plan Pottawatomie County 2040 Adopted - August 19, 2019