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Air Quality Advisory Committee March 22, 2007

Legacy 2030 Update. Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the St. Louis Region. Air Quality Advisory Committee March 22, 2007. New Planning Requirements. Metropolitan LRTPs shall be developed in consultation with State and local agencies responsible for: Land use management

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Air Quality Advisory Committee March 22, 2007

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  1. Legacy 2030 Update Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the St. Louis Region Air Quality Advisory Committee March 22, 2007

  2. New Planning Requirements • Metropolitan LRTPs shall be developed in consultation with State and local agencies responsible for: • Land use management • Natural resources • Environmental protection • Conservation • Historic preservation • Consultation shall involve comparison of LRTPs with • State conservation plans or maps; and/or • Inventories of natural or historic resources.

  3. New Planning Requirements • LRTPs shall include discussion of • Potential environmental mitigation activities • Potential areas to carry out • Developed in consultation with Federal, State and tribal • Wildlife management • Land management • Regulatory agencies

  4. Transportation Planning Framework Planning Framework

  5. New Opportunities • To advance regional goals and priorities through proactive thinking about the long-term impacts of transportation investments on natural, cultural, and historical resources. • To improve coordination and planning in St. Louis • To utilize “state of the art” analytical tools to id areas under development stress • LEAM (Land-use Evolution and impact Assessment Model) • BlueprintIT

  6. Resource Agency Participation • Corp of Engineers • US F&W • Mo & IL DNR • IL & MO Dept of Agriculture • Missouri Department of Conservation • USDA/NRCS/SWI RC&D • Great Rivers Greenway • Metro East Parks Dist. • National Park Service • IL Historic Preserv. Agency • IL EPA • US EPA – Regions 5 & 7 • Metropolitan Sewer Dist. • MoDOT • IDOT • METRO • FHWA • FTA

  7. Data Driven “Stress” Analysis • Floodplains • Protected lands: Federal, State, and local • Watersheds • Forest cover • T & E species • Prime farmland • Centennial farms (IL) • Historic points and districts • Karst areas/sinkholes areas • Biologically significant streams • 303(d) listed streams • Wetlands (NWInventory) • Resource Rich Areas • Open Space • State Conservation Plans • Greenway Plans • Hazardous Waste Sites • Brownfield

  8. Proximity to Interstates • Proximity to Intersections • Employment Centers • Cultural Centers • Population Centers • Characteristics of Neighbors • And more…… • New Roads • New MetroLink • New Policies • Economic Change • Population Change • What Else? 30 meter x 30 meter grid Drivers Scenarios Probability of Land Use Change LEAM Land Use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model

  9. Transportation Planning Framework Planning Framework

  10. Project Timeline • May/June 2007 • Draft Plan and AQ Conformity Determination available for public review and comment • Open Houses / Web • June 2007 • Final Draft Plan to EAC/Board for action

  11. Questions? WWW.EWGATEWAY.ORG Caroline Twenter Long-Range Plan Program Manager Caroline.Twenter@ewgateway.org 314-421-4220

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