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The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA) releases an amendment to its FY2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for public comment. The
amendment will update federal transit funding amounts and consolidate budget programs. The public comment period runs Dec. 12, 2024 to Dec. 19, 2024.

The Unified Planning Work Program outlines MAPA’s transportation-related activities and projects for the 2025 fiscal year (July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025).

It covers MAPA’s transportation planning activities for the metropolitan planning area in Douglas and Sarpy Counties in Nebraska and western Pottawattamie County in Iowa.

The Work Program amendment will:
• Increase the amount of funding from the Federal Transit Administration, which is passed through the Nebraska Department of Transportation to MAPA, from $511,919 to $640,772
• Consolidate budget programs from 12 to four

Access the amendment:  tinyurl.com/FY25UPWPAmdt.

Written comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. Dec. 19, 2024, via email to mapa@mapacog.org or U.S. Mail: MAPA, 2222 Cuming St., Omaha, NE 68102.