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A Brief History of The Grand Vision
In the spring of 2005, $3.3 million in
federal transportation money was reallocated
from plans for a Traverse City bypass, and
given to the Grand Traverse area for the
creation and implementation of a
comprehensive, multimodal transportation
plan. Grand Traverse County appointed a
broadly representative, Land Use &
Transportation Coordinating Group to act as
stakeholders for the project and to engage
area residents to participate in the study.
The Northwest Michigan Council of
Governments serves as staff to this group.
TC-TALUS is the is the fiscal agent and the
administrator of the study.
After nearly two years of public input
and careful selection of a consultant team,
the Land Use and Transportation Study is
officially under way. The contract was
awarded to the planning firm of Mead & Hunt
at the TC-TALUS board meeting on Monday,
July 2, 2007. The planning team at the firm
officially began work on July 10, and will
continue in five phases:
- Compiling, reviewing, and analyzing
existing studies
- Public awareness, education, and
engagement
- Analysis and planning
- Engineering
- Implementation
It is the desire of the Land Use &
Transportation Coordinating Group for the
study process to be citizen led, in order to
have the highest level of acceptance by the
community at the study’s end. Additionally,
a thoroughness and innovation will be
required of the consultant to ensure a
quality product that can be used for many
years.
