Statewide Transportation Plan

• Final Report

• Resolution for Plan Adoption

• Statewide Freight Plan ('05-'35)

The Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) Office of Planning began its update of the GDOT Statewide Transportation Plan (SWTP) in November 2004, with a consultant team lead by Cambridge Systematics, Inc.  The previous SWTP (2000 to 2025) was adopted by the State Transportation Board in December 2001 with a “horizon year” of 2025.  In order to meet the Federal requirement to actively maintain at least a 20-year window into the future, the current SWTP has a “horizon year” of 2035.  The current SWTP was adopted and approved by the State Transportation Board on January 19, 2006.

The SWTP assesses the current and future performance of all major transportation modes in the state – highways, transit, air, water, bicycle and pedestrian.  It also examines the linkages between modes.  The project developed new statewide economic and transportation demand forecasts for the year 2035.  Incorporating all existing regional and modal plans, the SWTP defines financially constrained and unconstrained statewide transportation programs, estimates the cost of these programs, and forecasts available and potential funding.  Updating the SWTP provides Georgia DOT with the technical and programmatic guidance needed to meet the transportation demands of the 21st Century.

The project consisted of extensive outreach activities consisting of meetings for the general public and stakeholder advisory groups.  The first round of outreach began on December 8, 2004 with a local government Stakeholder’s Advisory Committee meeting in Atlanta.  The first round of meetings for the general public began on January 20, 2005.  The second round of outreach, for both the stakeholders and general public, took place in May and June of 2005.

• Meetings & Info

• Comments Received

• Contact Info