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of the County will be eligible to receive funding Flint Hills Area Transportation Agency (FHATA)
programmed through FHMPO’s Transportation
The FHATA operates limited service in Pottawatomie
Improvement Program (TIP).
County, including the Wamego Regional Shuttle
Travel Demand Model that provides daily rider scheduled service between
Wamego and Manhattan. Green Valley, St. George,
FHMPO’s travel demand model is a computer- and Wamego are part of the FHATA service area
based tool used to determine the future volumes and are also eligible for demand response service.
and capacities of roadways in the region. The travel Pottawatomie County also provides limited demand
demand model uses data from Comprehensive Plans, response service.
such as this Comprehensive Plan, to identify areas
where future residential, commercial and industrial Other Jurisdictions
growth will occur. The travel demand model uses There has been a standing joint City/County/County
these inputs to make assumptions about how much meeting between City of Manhattan, Pottawatomie
more traffic will be generated on various roadways County, and Riley County since the Manhattan Urban
based on this growth. The current travel demand Area Comprehensive Plan process. As transportation
model forecasts to year 2040, allowing FHMPO to issues (and development, emergency response, and
pro-actively design and build projects in areas with other issues) cross jurisdictional boundaries these
future capacity issues.
joint meetings provide a forum for challenges and
The Flint Hills Transportation Plan opportunities to be raised. Pottawatomie County
The Flint Hills Transportation Plan 2040 guides must also coordinate with jurisdictions within
transportation investments within the FHMPO its county boundaries (incorporated cities and
planning area. The FHTP follows federal townships) for transportation purposes.
transportation guidance for regional transportation
plans. FHMPO’s 2018-2021 is the current
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the
planning area. The TIP is the federally required
programming document that contains all federally
funded and/or regionally significant transportation
projects. The TIP itself does not provide or guarantee
funding.
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