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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON AMENDMENTS TO THE 2024–2049 Middle Rogue Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Transportation Plan

MRMPO Policy Committee Meeting, 2:30 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 2026

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The Middle Rogue Metropolitan Planning Organization (MRMPO) Policy Committee, Josephine County, State of Oregon, will hold a public hearing to review and consider adopting the Draft Amended 2024-2049 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). The Amendment includes the addition of the Grants Pass to Rogue River Greenway Multimodal Plan in Chapter 5.

The hearing will be held at 2:30 p.m., August 20, 2026, during the Policy Committee meeting at the Rogue River City Hall, Council Chambers, 133 Broadway St, Rogue River, Oregon. The RTP fulfills federal requirements (23 CFR Part 450.324) for a long-range multimodal transportation plan for the Grants Pass Urbanized Area, as required by 23 CFR Part 450.324. The planning area includes portions of Josephine & Jackson Counties and the cities of Gold Hill, Grants Pass, and Rogue River.

We are seeking public comment over the next twenty-one (21) days.  Anyone wishing to comment should go to the website and click on the “contact us” link.  Or you can mail comments to:

Planning Program Director

Rogue Valley Council of Governments

155 N. 1^st Street

P.O Box 3275

Central Point, OR  97502

This public hearing notice is being used to meet the public participation requirements for the Federal Transit Administration’s Program of Projects.