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<p><span style="color:#000000"><strong>NEWS RELEASE</strong><br>
<strong>City of Lawrence</strong><br>
December 9, 2022<br>
<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </strong><br>
News Contact: Jessica Mortinger, Lawrence-Douglas Metropolitan
Planning Organization, (785) 832-3165 and <a
href="mailto:jmortinger@lawrenceks.org " target="_blank"
style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color:
#007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: underline;">jmortinger@lawrenceks.org</a></span>
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0;padding: 0;color: #202020;font-family: Helvetica;font-size:
26px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height:
125%;letter-spacing: normal;"><strong>Weigh in on draft elements
of the Transportation plan!</strong></h1>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color:#000000">The
Lawrence – Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) needs your help updating our long range transportation
plan - Transportation 2050 (T2050). The plan will identify
future needs and make investment recommendations for all modes
of transportation including automobile, public transit, bicycle,
pedestrian, etc. <br>
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MPO staff has created draft elements of the plan based on what
community members shared in the first transportation survey
issued earlier this year. There are two ways to weigh in on
these draft elements. </span>
<div><span style="color:#000000"> <br>
1. Take our 10-15 minute survey at <a
href="https://lawrenceks.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ca5a42664e87643b2b54d343&id=3836c126d1&e=3745bfcf6d"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">lawrenceks.org/mpo/tellus</a>, OR<br>
2. Talk with transportation planners during the following
times:</span></div>
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<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span
style="color:#000000">In-person Open House at Lawrence
Public Library, 4:15-6:45 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12</span></li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span
style="color:#000000">Virtual Open House, 11:30 a.m. – 1
p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Registration link: </span><a
href="https://lawrenceks.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ca5a42664e87643b2b54d343&id=448ace9eee&e=3745bfcf6d"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><span style="color:#0000FF">https://lawrenceks.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuCqrz8vGtd1KiFFTytYgFXzvtWetbpX</span></a></li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </li>
<li style="mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust:
100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span
style="color:#000000">Virtual Open House, 6-7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Dec. 15. Registration link: </span><a
href="https://lawrenceks.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ca5a42664e87643b2b54d343&id=0a42b35674&e=3745bfcf6d"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;"><span style="color:#0000FF">https://lawrenceks.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkf-2qpjMrEtPBmmljhdrToKL1zN1kVCvC</span></a></li>
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<span style="color:#000000">Following the survey and open houses, a
draft plan will be prepared and posted for a 30-day review and
public comment period prior to adoption of the plan by the MPO
Policy Board in March 2023. For more information visit: </span><a
href="https://lawrenceks.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7ca5a42664e87643b2b54d343&id=e0b30b4b32&e=3745bfcf6d"
target="_blank" style="mso-line-height-rule:
exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
100%;color: #007C89;font-weight: normal;text-decoration:
underline;">https://lawrenceks.org/mpo/t2050/</a>
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