The Transylvania County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is a long-range plan, which identifies major transportation improvement needs and develops long term solutions for the next 25 to 30 years. The study is a joint effort between the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the Land of Sky Rural Planning Organization (LOSRPO), Transylvania County, and its municipalities. CTPs are a long-range, 25-to-30-year planning period, system focused, multi-modal transportation plan. The plan strives to anticipate future deficiencies and provide recommendations to address them. CTPs incorporates land use plans, community and statewide goals, and considers the human and natural environment. The CTP study involves both government officials and the public to determine the future transportation needs based on the best information available including, population, economic conditions, traffic trends, and patterns development in the county. The workgroup worked to develop the draft plan below. The plan includes highway, public transit, pedestrian, and bicycle recommendations. Needs identified in CTP’s are only concepts, they do not get into specific design details.

The Transylvania County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is a long-range plan, which identifies major transportation improvement needs and develops long term solutions for the next 25 to 30 years. The study is a joint effort between the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the Land of Sky Rural Planning Organization (LOSRPO), Transylvania County, and its municipalities. CTPs are a long-range, 25-to-30-year planning period, system focused, multi-modal transportation plan. The plan strives to anticipate future deficiencies and provide recommendations to address them. CTPs incorporates land use plans, community and statewide goals, and considers the human and natural environment. The CTP study involves both government officials and the public to determine the future transportation needs based on the best information available including, population, economic conditions, traffic trends, and patterns development in the county. The workgroup worked to develop the draft plan below. The plan includes highway, public transit, pedestrian, and bicycle recommendations. Needs identified in CTP’s are only concepts, they do not get into specific design details.

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