The Coastal Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (CORE MPO), formerly known as the Chatham Urban Transportation Study (CUTS), will host a public meeting for the development of the FY 2010-2013 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The meeting will be held on March 24 at 5 p.m. in the Metropolitan Planning Commission’s Arthur A. Mendonsa Hearing Room, 112 East State St.

The purpose of the meeting is for the public to review and comment on the proposed transportation improvement priorities for Chatham County for fiscal years 2010-2013. Copies of the preliminary priority project list can be reviewed at the Chatham County – Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) office as well as on the MPC website at www.thempc.org

The TIP is the short-range programming element of the MPO transportation planning process and lists the transportation projects in Chatham County programmed to receive funds over the next four years. The TIP includes Chatham Area Transit (CAT) 5307 grant projects