Franklin County Residents Asked to Provide Input to Long-Range Transportation Plan
The Franklin County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has launched an online survey to gauge public input and opinion as it advances its work on an update of its long-range transportation plan (LRTP). The MPO serves as a decision-making body for the county’s transportation projects and programs that use federal funding. The plan will serve as the MPO’s blueprint for decision-making on transportation projects and will serve as the County’s spending plan through the year 2045. The plan will also serve as the transportation implementation element of the Franklin County Comprehensive Plan, which outlines specific priorities to help the county plan for the future.
The online survey is available at https://metroquestsurvey.com/wy7a7t through May 13, 2022. The survey is interactive, and participants can offer feedback on transportation priorities and suggested project needs through an interactive map.
Please take a few minutes to complete the survey, and encourage your friends, family, neighbors, and other members of the community to do so, too, so the MPO can gather as much public feedback as possible. The survey is interactive, and participants can offer feedback on transportation priorities and project needs through an interactive map.
Again, please click on this link to provide your comments to the long-range transportation plan (LRTP).
Scout Troop 99 Tours GAFCWA Water Plant
Boy Scout Troop 99 of Greencastle recently toured the Greencastle Area, Franklin County, Water Authority plant as part of a series of activities working toward their chemistry merit badges. The group included seven scouts, aged 11 to 17, Assistant Scout Master Jason Weiber, and four adults. The tour was led by Chief Water Plant Operator Davy Vosburg, III and Operator Perry French who walked the scouts and guests through the water plant following the treatment process from collection to distribution.
Assistant Scout Master Weiber said of the tour: “we wanted to ask where does our water come from? What happens to it before it comes to us? What tests are done? You don’t think about it when your turn on the faucet at home.”
The scouts and the adults found the presentation very informative and asked many questions throughout the tour. Said Cindy Long, parent to two of the scouts, “[The tour was beneficial because] it showed the process and where the water goes and all the steps taken to get water to the public.” She added, “Whenever you give a child a chance to tour they’ll remember so much more.”
Said Vosburg, “I thought the tour went well with the kids. They asked about nitrates and chlorine and other great questions. I hope they learned something and maybe come back as adults to work in the plant.”
Columbia Gas to Complete Work at Intersection of E. Baltimore and Washington Streets in March
Columbia Gas will be working at the intersection of E. Baltimore Street and Washington Street March 8 through 10 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day. This will be a flagging operation, with a portion of N. Washington Street closed at the post office. The public should expect delays and exercise caution in this work zone.