The Greenville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is a regional transportation planning organization that is made up of elected officials and representatives from various Federal, State and local government agencies within the Greenville urban area.

The MPO provides the regional cooperative planning that serves as the basis for the expenditure of Federal transportation funds in the area for streets, highways, bridges, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian paths. Every urban area of at least 50,000 people, designated by the U.S. Census Bureau, is required to have a similar organization. There are 19 MPOs in the state of North Carolina. The members of the Greenville Urban Area MPO include the City of Greenville, the Towns of Winterville and Ayden, the Village of Simpson, and surrounding areas of Pitt County.  A map of the MPO boundary is available by clicking here.

The MPO is responsible for carrying out an annual planning work program, part of which must address updating the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (a seven-year project programming schedule) and a long-range transportation plan, which is a twenty-year forecast of projects and programs. The City of Greenville's Engineering Department is the lead planning agency for the Greenville Urban Area MPO. The MPO works directly with NCDOT to prioritize road projects that enhance traffic flow within the Greenville Urban Area MPO boundary.

For further information or to provide comments on any of the items presented on this web page available for public comment, contact Eliud De Jesus at 252.329.4467 or by e-mail at EDeJesus@greenvillenc.gov.

Public Comment Request

None at this time.

2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)

The MTP is a federally mandated, long-range planning document detailing the transportation improvements and policies that address the needs of the region in order to facilitate development of a safe, reliable and efficient transportation network that supports all modes of transportation equally. The MTP has a planning horizon.

Greenville Urban Area MPO's 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)

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Public Involvement Plan (PIP) & Title VI Plan

The Greenville Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (GUAMPO) presents its Public Involvement Plan (PIP). The purpose of the Plan is to provide guidelines for establishing and maintaining optimum public involvement in the transportation planning process.  The Plan incorporates current public involvement objectives, policies, and techniques. It is critical for the MPO as part of its public involvement process to provide complete information, timely public notice, and support continuing involvement of the public in the development of plans and programs.   

MPO's Public Involvement Plan is available by clicking here.

MPO's Title VI Plan is available by clicking here.

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Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP)

The MTIP contains all transportation projects programmed for the upcoming seven-year period, including all regionally significant transportation projects, regardless of funding source (such as transit, highway, rail, walkways, bicycle, enhancement projects, etc.), within the Metropolitan Planning Organization boundary. It is revised bi-annually to incorporate those projects in the MTP having an ability to be funded within the seven-year period. Projects are grouped by roadway functional classification and indicate the year, fund source, and funding levels for each project phase within the seven-year time frame covered by the MTIP.

On August 22, 2019, NCDOT released the 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) which was developed utilizing projects submitted and evaluated in the Prioritization 5.0 process. The local portion of the STIP, known as the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP), is available by clicking here.

Due to the projected revenue losses, accompanied with significant project cost increases, NCDOT has recently reprogrammed a large number of projects in the 2020-2029 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). NCDOT released the reprogramming of Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2029 STIP which included expanding the program period to FY 2032. The STIP amendment will require the Greenville Urban Area MPO to adopt a series of amendments to our 2020-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). These amendments are one of the voting items in the next MPO TCC and TAC quarterly meeting in December 9, 2020.

The Greenville Urban Area MPO is currently soliciting public comment on the proposed 2020-2029 MTIP amendments, available by clicking here. The report and illustrative summary of the MTIP changes can be seen by clicking here.

Written comments will be accepted until 1:30pm on Wednesday December 9, 2020.  Comments may be mailed to: The Greenville Urban Area MPO, 1500 Beatty Street, Greenville, NC 27834; faxed to (252) 329-4535; or e-mailed to Mr. Eliud De Jesus, Transportation Planner at EDeJesus@greenvillenc.gov.

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Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

The Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) identifies in a single document the annual transportation planning activities that are to be undertaken in the Greenville Urbanized Area in support of the goals, objectives and actions established in the Long-Range Transportation Plan. In short, it is an outline of the transportation planning activities that will be conducted by the GUAMPO and its professional staff over the course of one year. The UPWP is developed annually by the GUAMPO with its planning partners to reflect the region's short-range transportation planning needs.

Serving as the basis for all funding assistance for transportation planning and programming for state, local and regional agencies, the UPWP undertakes various transportation planning- and engineering-related studies for the GUAMPO and its member agencies. Strategic studies of transportation concerns give an accurate picture of the Greenville Urbanized Area's condition, and provide information to find solutions to transportation issues. The work performed under this annual work program is primarily accomplished by a combination of professional, technical and administrative staff of the Greenville Urbanized Area, with the assistance and cooperative support of participating GUAMPO member agencies.

Greenville Urban Area MPO's FY 2020 Amended Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

Greenville Urban Area MPO's FY 2021 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

Please contact us to provide any comments regarding the draft amended FY 2021 UPWP by July 30, 2020 at 9am.

Greenville Urban Area MPO's Draft FY 2021 Amended Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP)

In 2001, revisions were made to North Carolina General Statute 136-66.2 that was intended to expand current transportation planning in North Carolina to include consideration of non-roadway alternatives.  The statute now calls for the development of a Coordinated Transportation Plan (CTP). The CTP is a long-term “wish-list” of recommended transportation improvements intended for an entire MPO planning area. It doesn’t have a specific timeline, cost, or funding source. The plan is expected to be a living document that provides for inter-jurisdictional cooperation and planning to replace the previously used thoroughfare plans.

The purpose of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is to update the official Thoroughfare Plan that is used by local, regional, state and federal decision-makers. The plan provides for land reservation for future transportation corridors and helps guide decisions on setbacks and transportation improvements as development occurs today and into the future.

In the development of the CTP, consideration shall be given to all transportation modes including: street systems; transit alternatives; and bicycle, pedestrian, and operating strategies. The current CTP Highway Map, as seen below, has been approved and adopted by the MPO and is now awaiting final adoption by the State Board of Transportation.

Currently, only the Highway Map of the CTP has been developed.  Other elements of the CTP will be developed at a future time.

CTP Highway Map; Inset A; Inset B and C, Spreadsheet of Projects

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Active Transportation Master Plan (ATP)

The Greenville Urban Area MPO’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan has been updated. The Final Plan, now titled the Greenville Urban Area Active Transportation Master Plan, or ATP, can be viewed by clicking here. The ATP replaced the 2011 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan which, for historical purposes, can be seen below.

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Annual Obligations Listing of Federally-Funded Projects

A list of projects for which Federal funds have been obligated can be found by clicking here. Descriptions for these projects can be found on NCDOT's State Transportation Improvement website by clicking here.

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Projects

Below is a list of projects currently under construction or planned for construction within the MPO.

Under Construction

Greenville: Southwest Bypass Project (NCDOT STIP Number U-2250)

Winterville: Boyd Street Improvements (NCDOT STIP Number U-5919)

Winterville: Laurie Ellis Road Extension (NCDOT STIP Number U-5921)

Projects in Development

Greenville: Dickinson Avenue Improvements (NCDOT STIP Number U-5606)

Greenville: 14^th Street Widening (NCDOT STIP Number U-5917)

Greenville: Allen Road Widening (NCDOT STIP Number U-5875)

Greenville: Evans Street/Old Tar Road Widening (NCDOT STIP Number U-2817)

Greenville: Fire Tower Road and Portertown Road Widening (NCDOT STIP Numbers U-5870; U-5785)

Greenville: NC 43 South Widening (NCDOT STIP Number U-5991)

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Transportation Priorities (State Prioritization) 

Transportation priorities are transportation needs projects identified by citizens, elected officials, MPO staff, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Priorities can be identified across several different modes of transportation: Aviation, Bicycle &Pedestrian, Highway, Ferry, Public Transportation and Rail. Projects identified as priorities typically are entered into the State Prioritization program every 2-to-3 years to receive potential Federal funding.

Prioritization ranks projects across the state based on several criteria such as safety, congestion, cost-benefit and more. Projects that are funded are programmed into the State Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP. The STIP schedules projects for right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation and construction across a 10-year period. The next prioritization cycle, P5.0, is under way and will run until the 2020-2029 STIP is adopted by the State.

The Greenville Urban Area MPO’s adopted list of candidate Transportation Improvements Projects can be viewed by clicking here.

A map of the candidate Highway Projects can be viewed by clicking here.

A map of the candidate Bicycle and Pedestrian Projects can be viewed by clicking here.

The Greenville Urban Area MPO is required to adopt a local methodology to guide the MPO's process of prioritizing projects. This methodology must contain at least one qualitative and one quantitative criteria. The Greenville Urban Area MPO's local methodology for Prioritization 5.0 can bee seen by clicking here. 

On April 3, 2018, NCDOT released the Prioritization 5.0 Quantitative Scoring for all projects submitted in P5.0. Scores for the Greenville Urban Area MPO's Statewide, Regional and Division level projects can be viewed here (listed in order of submission).

Pursuant to the local methodology above, adopted by the Greenville Urban Area MPO's Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) on February 27, 2018, the Greenville Urban Area MPO assigned Regional Impact Local Input Points to eligible Prioritization 5.0 Projects on April 18, 2018, as shown here.

Pursuant to the local methodology above, adopted by the Greenville Urban Area MPO's Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) on February 27, 2018, the Greenville Urban Area MPO has assigned Division Needs Local Input Points to eligible Prioritization 5.0 Projects on October 10, 2018, as shown here.

On January 8, 2019, NCDOT released the draft 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) which was developed utilizing projects submitted and evaluated in the Prioritization 5.0 process. NCDOT is currently soliciting public comment on the draft 2020-2029 STIP. The local portion of the draft STIP, known as the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP), can be seen here and above under "MTIP."

Prioritization Timeline

* Future dates are preliminary and subject to change

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Additional Studies and Plans

Historical Studies and Plans

The below plans are no longer active but are referred to for historical and reference purposes.

Greenville Urban Area Thoroughfare Plan by clicking here.  

Traffic Separation Study and Rail Improvements Study by clicking here. 

2011 Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan is available here.

Historical MTIPs are available for review below:

•  2018-2027 MTIP is available by clicking here. An illustrative summary of the MTIP can be seen by clicking here.
• 2016-2025 MTIP is available by clicking here.
• 2014-2040 MTP is available by clicking here. This plan was replaced by the 2045 MTP on July 10, 2019.

Feasibility Studies

Greenville Boulevard Improvements Feasibility Study

Arlington Boulevard Improvements Feasibility Study

10th Street Safety Project Feasibility Study (Coming Soon!)

Special Studies and Plans

Tar River Pedestrian Bridge Study

Southwest Bypass Corridor Study

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MPO Organizational Chart

Greenville Urban Area MPO Organizational Chart

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TCC and TAC Agendas

Request for Proposals

None at this time.

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