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The Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization (Dixie MPO), is the designated agency, as established by the state of Utah, responsible for comprehensive transportation planning in the urbanized and urbanizing areas in Utah’s Washington County, an area historically known as “Utah’s Dixie.” The Dixie MPO area includes St. George City, Washington City, Santa Clara City, Ivins City and portions of unincorporated Washington County located within the Dixie MPO boundaries. Member jurisdictions which comprise the Dixie MPO include Washington County, St. George City, Washington City, Santa Clara City and Ivins City. For more information on the Dixie MPO please click on the “About the MPO” and ” Mission Statement” links below. This web site provides information about, public notices and agendas for meetings of the Organization’s technical advisory committee known as the Dixie Transportation Advisory Committee (DTAC) and the Organization’s policy approving body known as the Dixie Transportation Executive Committee (DTEC). Take time to browse the web site using the navigation links located at the bottom of each page to discover information on transportation issues and planning designed to meet this areas transportation needs. Your participation, as a concerned citizen or stakeholder, is appreciated in helping to plan for solutions to better addressu0026hellip;
About
History and Organization of the Dixie MPO After several years of planning and actions to comply with local, federal and state requirements, on September 20, 2002 then [Utah] Governor Michael O. Leavitt designated Utah’s newest metropolitan planning organization (MPO). This MPO was officially designated as the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization (also referred to as the Dixie MPO or DMPO) and has its office located within and is administered by the Five County Association of Governments (FCAOG). The Federal Government acknowledged the Governor’s designation of the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization on October 8, 2002, clearing the way for this new MPO, in partnership with other local, state and federal entities, to conduct the urban transportation planning process for the St. George Urbanized Area (SGUZA) and a planning boundary of what might likely be urbanized by the year 2025. The Dixie MPO is actually made up of three recognized entities: The Dixie Transportation Planning Office ( DTPO ) located at the FCAOG; A policy body known as the Dixie Transportation Executive Council ( DTEC ) comprised of elected officials representing the cities of Ivins, St. George, Santa Clara, and Washington, the county of Washington, and the State Transportation Commissioner representing the southwestu0026hellip;
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Dixie Transportation Executive Council
Dixie Transportation Executive Council The Governor of the State of Utah designated an MPO for this urbanized area on September 20, 2002. The Governor’s action was concurred with by the U.S. Department of Transportation on October 9, 2002. Official organization of the Dixie MPO was established on November 19, 2002 by the formal establishment of the Dixie Transportation Executive Council, or “DTEC”, the policy body for the MPO. Please note that the agenda for the next meeting of the DTEC is found on the “Meetings u0026amp; Agendas” page on this web site. To go there click on the “Meetings u0026amp; Agendas” navigation button at the bottom of any page. Current members of the Dixie Transportation Executive Council are listed in the table below as are Council support staff and affiliated agency representatives. Voting Members of the Executive Council James Eardley, Chair Washington County Comissioner 197 E. Tabernacle St. George, UT 84770 (435) 634-5700 Matthew Ence, Vice-Chair Santa Clara City Council Member 2603 Santa Clara Blvd. Santa Clara, UT 84765 mence@snowjensen.com Gil Almquist St. George City Council Member 253 East San Rafel Place St. George, UT 84790 (435) 680-9853 gil.almquist@sgcity.org Roger Bundy Washington City Council Member 111 North 100 East Washingtonu0026hellip;
Dixie Technical Advisory Committee
Dixie Transportation Advisory Committee The Governor’s designation included the recognition of a “technical advisory committee” known officially as the Dixie Transportation Advisory Committee, or “DTAC”, whose purpose is to develop plans and project recommendations to forward on to the Dixie MPO policy body, the Dixie Transportation Executive Council). The agenda for the next meeting of the DTAC is found on the “Meetings u0026amp; Agendas” page on this web site. To go there click on the “Meetings u0026amp; Agendas” navigation button at the bottom of any page. Current members of the Dixie Transportation Advisory Committee are listed in the table below: Advisory Committee Voting Members Dave Glenn, Chair Public Works Director Ivins City 55 N. Main Street Ivins, UT 84738 (435) 656-0689 (office) (435) 656-2286 (fax) e-mail: dglenn@ivins.com Jack Taylor, Vice-Chair Public Works Director Santa Clara 2603 West Santa Clara Drive Santa Clara, UT 84765 (435) 656-4690 (office) (435) 879-5298 (fax) e-mail: Jtaylor@sccity.org Larry Bulloch Public Works Director St. George City 175 East 200 North St. George, UT 84770 (435) 674-4209 (office) (435) 674-4226 (fax) e-mail: lbulloch@sgcity.org Mike Shaw Public Works Director Washington City 1305 E. Washington Dam Rd. Washington, UT 84780 (435) 656-6317 (office) (435) 656-6375 (fax) e-mail: mshaw@washingtoncity.org Cameronu0026hellip;
News & Announcements
Plans & Programs
Plans, Reports and Studies This page contains plans, reports and other documents related to transportation planning at the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization or at state or federal agencies as they relate to the Dixie MPO area. Latest Postings: Newly posted documents have just been linked to on this page. To view the new documents, please scroll down to the items tagged: “JUST POSTED!” Current Plans Dixie MPO: MPO Regional Transportation Plan PDF file (moderately sized 5.35MB compressed/reduced print quality – better for dial-up Internet users) MPO Regional Transportation Plan PDF file (same as above but larger 11.66MB, higher quality printing- better for broadband Internet users) Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan PDF file (1.32MB) Previous Plans Interim Long-Range Plan PDF file (5.63MB) 2003 Short Range Transit Plan PDF file (637KB) Utah Department of Transportation Utah’s Unified Transportation Plan 2007-2030 Web Link Reports u0026amp; Studies Dixie Bus Rapid Transit Feasibility Study – Final PDF file (1.98MB) Dixie Regional Communications Study (DRAFT) PDF file (5.74MB) Interactive Map that goes with the Study PDF file (1.44MB) UDOT I-15 Washington County Corridor Study Web Link UDOT Eastern Washington County Transportation Study Web Link Dixie Regional Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Architecture Final Report PDF file (1.84MB)u0026hellip;
Vision Dixie
Vision Dixie Process Vision Dixie is a local process that will be guided by the County residents’ vision of Washington County’s future. The purpose of Vision Dixie is to create a long-term vision that will ensure a high quality of life in Washington County for years to come. Vision Dixie has done this by engaging the citizens of Washington County in a facilitated conversation about growth, gathering their ideas, employing sound data and scenario analysis, and outlining publicly supported principles to guide future land use and transportation decisions. The next step in this on-going process is implementation of the identified “vision” which will occur primarily at the local level. For information on Vision Dixie, please visit the Vision Dixie web site that has been developed for the Vision Dixie process. Please note that this is an external link and is not part of the Dixie MPO web site. Please click on the link below to visit the official web site of Vision Dixie: http://www.visiondixie.org Remember to add the Dixie MPO web site (www.dixiempo.org) as a bookmark in your web site favorites to facilitate a return to this site.
Regional Transportation Plan
Transportation Improvement Program
Transportation Improvement Program DIXIE 2011-15 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (TIP) u0026amp; 2011-14 DIXIE TRANSIT TIP The Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organizations (DMPO) Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a five-year plan of highway, and regionally significant arterial and major collector roadways and transit projects for the Metropolitan Planning Boundary in Washington County. The Utah Department of Transportation’s Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is also a five-year plan. It incorporates the projects from the DMPO TIP, and other MPO TIPs throughout the state, in addition to projects in rural areas outside the DMPO and other MPO boundaries. Diane Lamoreaux, Community Development Specialist at the Five County Association of Governments, supports the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization, serving as the TIP Coordinator. Requests for information or comments on the Dixie TIP may be directed to: Diane Lamoreaux, TIP Coordinator, Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization, P.O. Box 1550, St. George, UT 84771-1550, telephone: (435)673-3548, ext#105, fax: (435)673-3540, or e-mail: dlamoreaux@fivecounty.utah.gov DIXIE MPO TIP Documents: The “2011-15 Dixie TIP” is now included in the Statewide TIP (STIP). In the pdf document link directly below we are providing just the Washington County pages of the Statewide TIP (STIP). This will only show projects within Washington County. For projects in theu0026hellip;
Utah’s Unified Transportation Plan
SS4A Safety Action Plan
SR-7 Active Transportation Plan
Five County AOG Programs
Resources
Southern Utah Regional Trail Standards
Maps
MPO Planning Boundary A map of the boundaries of the Dixie MPO is available. Please click on the image, or the link below it, to view full-sized map (PDF File): http://www.dixiempo.org/images/planboundary.pdf (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5 or higher or another compatible PDF viewer)
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MPO/RPO Area Population Comparison
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