The French Broad River Metropolitan Planning Organization has opened a public comment period for the proposed Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. Comments on the program can be sent to the MPO by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , by U.S. mail to PO Box 7148, Asheville, NC 28802, or delivered in person to the French Broad River MPO offices in room 100-C, Asheville City Hall, 70 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC 28801. The comment period closes Wednesday, September 10, 2008.

The Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program, or MTIP, is a schedule of state and federally-funded transportation projects to be carried out during fiscal years 2009-2015. The North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Planning Organization each adopt the transportation improvement program, or TIP, for these projects. 

The proposed MTIP is available for review at www.fbrmpo.org, and at the FBRMPO offices, Room 100-C, Asheville City Hall. The FBRMPO Transportation Advisory Committee will consider MTIP adoption and all comments received during the comment period after a public hearing at their meeting on September 18, 2008, at 12:10 p.m. at the Land of Sky Regional Council offices, 339 New Leicester Hwy, Suite 140, Asheville, NC 28806. The meeting is open to the public.

The FBRMPO is a regional partnership for transportation planning in the urbanized areas of Buncombe, Haywood and Henderson Counties. Local member governments are Buncombe County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Asheville, Black Mountain, Biltmore Forest, Canton, Clyde, Flat Rock, Fletcher, Hendersonville, Laurel Park, Maggie Valley, Mills River, Montreat, Waynesville, Weaverville and Woodfin.