MPO Federal Certification Review Process

Every four years the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conduct a review of the metropolitan transportation planning process within each Transportation Management Area (TMA – an MPO with a population of more than 200,000) to certify that the MPO conducts the comprehensive, cooperative, and continuing transportation planning process in adherence with federal statutes and regulations.


The CORE MPO completed its last federal certification review in FY 2021 and received its federal certification on March 31, 2021. No corrective actions were identified and the CORE MPO’s planning process has been certified for another four years. The MPO received several commendations for work which can be considered a national best practice. Several recommendations were also made to strengthen certain aspects of the MPO’s work. Please Click Here for the report.


  Current Certification


In FY 2025, CORE MPO will go through another round of federal certification review. The review serves as an opportunity to identify challenges, successes and experiences of the CORE MPO.


The certification review includes the following primary sequential activities:

  1. Advance review of planning documents and other materials
  2. Site visit with staff - Tuesday, October 29th - Wednesday, October 30th
  3. Meeting with policy officials - October 30, 2024 from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
  4. Public meeting

    •  Date and Time: October 29, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM

    •  Location: MPC Mendonsa Hearing Room, 112 E. State Street, Savannah, GA 31401

    •  Virtual Option – Registration Link

  5. Final report of recommendations and findings - March 31, 2025
  6. Closeout presentation with CORE MPO policy officials - April 23, 2025

As part of the process, the public is invited to share their comments regarding the CORE MPO’s planning process.

For more information about this event, please review this public notice.

If you have any comments regarding the CORE MPO, please fill out this comment card and send it to joseph.longo@dot.gov. For more information about this process, check out this presentation!

If you would like to comment on the CORE MPO and its functions, please send comments to the following email: wangw@thempc.org.


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