The Radcliff/Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization, a division of the Lincoln Trail Area Development District, is conducting a public transportation study to look into the possibility of implementing a fixed-route public transportation system in the area.
LTADD Executive Director Daniel London said this is the third such study the Radcliff/E-Town MPO has undertaken.
“The committee felt like that it was time to take another look at this given the economic development sea change, and the fact that there are some more publicly-available dollars at the federal level potentially for sustainability of such a system,” said London. “The cost, from a local government standpoint, has always been a very key concern and a key barrier.”
The study is looking for feedback concerning the MPO’s urbanized area which includes Elizabethtown, Radcliff, Vine Grove, Fort Knox, and Glendale, along with potential improvements in Meade County.
“What their concerns are, what the barriers may be to public transportation from their point of view, and what they would like to see included,” London said.” As we move through this study, the consultants will take a look at that, compare that to what’s feasible, and provide some recommendations to potentially move forward.”
The deadline to submit feedback is April 5, after which consultants hired for the survey will review and compile the results.
“They look at comparison of public input and what might be available and feasible for the region as far as transportation modes such as fixed route rail, whatever the case may be, and then what the dollars would look like in terms of the cost and sustainability compared to what’s available,” London said. “We look for the study to be completed sometime in September of this year.”
A link to the survey can be found on the Radcliff/Elizabethtown Metropolitan Planning Organization Facebook page.
