The Federal Team reviewing the Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization wants to hear from YOU. However, due to the COVID-19 emergency, the public meeting has been cancelled.

Please provide your input through the survey link below.

The Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization (RVTPO) is responsible for planning the Roanoke Valley’s future transportation system and programming funds to fulfill that vision. The RVTPO’s work is primarily funded by the federal government which reviews regulatory compliance every four years. The Federal Team will consider public input to assess the quality, effectiveness, and any areas of concern on the RVTPO’s performance-based multimodal transportation planning and programming process.

This survey will remain open until April 10, 2020. If the survey does not appear below, please use the weblink: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/DoYouKnowRVTPO

The RVTPO and the Federal Team appreciate your input!

If you need assistance with this survey, please email rruhlen@rvarc.org or leave a message at (540) 343-4417. Due to COVID-19, we are not in the office but will get back to you promptly.
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The Roanoke Valley Transportation Planning Organization (RVTPO) administers the region’s Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) funding program which provides approximately $5 million/year for transportation improvements in the RVTPO region. In September, the RVTPO received 13 new funding requests:

• Botetourt County – Route 220 Superstreet and Access Management – ($924,000)
• GRTC – New Downtown Transit Transfer Center – Real-time Transit Passenger Information (RTPI) Project – ($400,000)
• City of Roanoke – Aviation Drive / Valley View Blvd Pedestrian Improvements ($2,513,437)
• City of Roanoke – Greenway Connection – Riverland Road ($1,198,410 )
• City of Roanoke – Roanoke River Greenway – East ( $835,000 )
• Roanoke County – Route 419 Streetscape Improvements, Phase 2 (Starkey Rd. to Ogden Rd.) – ($1,505,438)
• Roanoke County – Oak Grove Streetscape Improvements – ($216,748)
• Roanoke County – Ogden Road Multimodal Improvements Scoping – ($80,000)
• Roanoke County – Old Cave Spring Road Intersection Improvements – ($2,861,756)
• Roanoke County – Orange Market Park and Ride/Parking Lot Improvements – ($343,573)
• Roanoke County – Valleypointe Parkway Realignment – ($5,352,108)
• Town of Vinton – Glade Creek Greenway Phase 3 Engineering Study and Design Plans, 2022 – ($144,442.50)
• Town of Vinton – Gus Nicks Boulevard Pedestrian/Bicycle Crossing, 2021 – ($169,650)

The RVTPO Policy Board is reviewing these funding requests along with the needs of currently funded STBG projects; a draft investment plan is expected to be available for public input in early 2020. The Policy Board will be approving transportation project investments in the spring 2020. More information about the STBG program may be found online at rvarc.org/stbg.

A survey to collect public input on the thirteen requests is open until March 31, 2020 and a public hearing will be scheduled.

In the FY20 RVARC Work Program, Franklin and Roanoke Counties made similar requests for housing market studies. Roanoke County sought to study the greater Roanoke Valley. As such, staff has applied for funding through the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA) for a Community Impact grant to fund a Regional Housing Market Analysis Study. The anticipated outcome is to identify housing needs and demands for housing based upon current and future economic development needs.

The study area will include the Counties of Franklin and Roanoke (incorporating the Towns of Boones Mill, Rocky Mount, and Vinton respectively) and the Cities of Roanoke and Salem. The study will also reference findings from two market studies performed in Botetourt County and the Alleghany Highlands.

The goals of the study are to:

• Develop a document that identifies housing needs and provides both a region wide and locality-specific market analysis.
• Analyze commuter and residential patterns.
• Incorporate results and findings from recently performed housing studies in Botetourt County, Village of Ferrum (Franklin County), Route 419 Town Center Plan Residential Analysis (Roanoke County), and the Alleghany Highlands portion of the region.
• Create economic development opportunities by providing strategies to address housing concerns.
• Develop regional and locality-specific recommendations that address local housing needs and encourage private investment.
• Engage stakeholders to determine local housing needs and identify potential opportunities and partners to address and identify needs.

On February 12^th, staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a consultant to perform the study. The deadline for proposals was Friday, February 28^th. Upon funding from VHDA, a consultant will be selected and a regional stakeholder group will meet periodically during the study process to review the consultant’s progress.

Here is a link to the RFP. For more information, contact Bryan Hill at 343-4417 or bhill@rvarc.org.