Erie County Department of Planning

• 1: Home
  • 1.1: About Us
  • 1.2: Staff
  • 1.3: Responsibilities
  • 1.4: 2009 Initiatives
  • 1.5: Planning Commission
    • 1.5.1: Meeting Minutes
  • 1.6: Calendar of Events
• 2: Regional Planning
  • 2.1: Erie County Comprehensive Plan
  • 2.2: Stormwater Management
• 3: Grant Programs
  • 3.1: Affordable Housing Program
  • 3.2: CZM
    • 3.2.1: CZM Projects
      • 3.2.1.1: Four Mile Creek
      • 3.2.1.2: SCUBA Sediment
      • 3.2.1.3: Frontier Park Pathway
      • 3.2.1.4: Environmental Rediscoveries
    • 3.2.2: Map of CZM Area
  • 3.3: Community Development Block Grant
    • 3.3.1: Erie County CDBG
    • 3.3.2: Girard, McKean and NorthEast CDBG
    • 3.3.3: Millcreek CDBG
• 4: Subdivisions
  • 4.1: County Review Process Guide
  • 4.2: County Approval Process Guide
  • 4.3: Subdivision Fee Schedule
• 5: Agriculture
  • 5.1: Agricultural Security Areas
  • 5.2: Erie County Agricultural Land Preservation Board
  • 5.3: Frequently Asked Questions
  • 5.4: Related Links
• 6: Transportation
  • 6.1: Erie MPO
    • 6.1.1: MPO Meeting Schedule
    • 6.1.2: Responsibilities
    • 6.1.3: Meeting Minutes
    • 6.1.4: Public Participation Plan
  • 6.2: Federal Transportation Planning Requirements
  • 6.3: Primary Planning Responsibilities
  • 6.4: Long Range Transportation Plan
  • 6.5: Transportation Improvement Program
  • 6.6: Unified Planning Work Program
  • 6.7: Special Studies
    • 6.7.1: Seaway Trail Management Plan
    • 6.7.2: US 19 Study
    • 6.7.3: NWPA Greenways Plan
• 7: GIS
• 8: Census
  • 8.1: Census Maps
• 9: Recycling

Federal Transportation Planning Requirements

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962 required that all urbanized areas having a population of 50,000 or more designate a single agency to administer federal transportation funds. The agencies that were established are called Metropolitan Planning Organizations. According to the Federal law, the activities of an MPO must provide a continuing, cooperative and comprehensive (3-C) transportation planning process. The MPO has the primary role and responsibility in ensuring that the transportation planning process is being carried out in accordance with current Federal and State regulations.