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ADA Compliance Message:

The HRTPO website is undergoing modifications to provide enhanced access to documents for disabled individuals who are visually impaired and to comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to make reasonable accommodations. While these modifications are being made many documents have been removed. If you would like to obtain a document not currently provided on the website, please contact our Transportation Director, Marybeth Soderstrom, at (863) 534-7130 ext 134 or msoderstrom@cfrpc.org. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we implement these changes.

Adopted Plans:

Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plan (BPSP)

View the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plan

For Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plans from previous years, please email us at info@heartlandregionaltpo.org

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Plan (BPSP) identifies the areas in the Heartland Region that have the greatest opportunity to reduce pedestrian and bicycle fatalities, injuries, and crashes.

Congestion Management Process (CMP)

View the Congestion Management Process

Congestion management is the application of strategies to improve transportation system performance and reliability by reducing the adverse impacts of congestion on the movement of people and goods. The Congestion Management Process (CMP) is a systematic approach for managing congestion throughout the region, providing the safe and effective integrated management and operation of new and existing transportation facilities through the use of demand reduction and operational management strategies.

Heartland Safety Action Plan (HSAP) (in progress)

View the Heartland Safety Action Plan

The HSAP, through a grant from the Florida Highway Administration, will identify those locations within the region where the most serious crashes occur and provide a strategy to address them.

Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP)

View the 2045 LRTP and Supporting Technical Documents

This plan provides a common vision for the community’s future transportation needs and guides the investment of public funds in transportation facilities, addressing a timeline of 20 or more years. It includes both short and long-term transportation strategies using multiple modes of transportation for moving people and goods.

Details comprehensive plan for transportation modes
Includes long and short range goals and strategies
Identifies funding sources and estimates costs
Provides framework for choosing transportation projects
Includes local government projects

Membership Apportionment Plan

View the Membership Apportionment Plan – 2023 Update

For Membership Apportionment Plans from previous years, please email us at info@heartlandregionaltpo.org

The Membership Apportionment Plan documents the process that was undertaken to develop a planning boundary map and apportionment plan for the Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), which includes the Counties of DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, and Okeechobee, and the Cities of Avon Park and Sebring.

Prioritized Project List

Project Priorities for FY 2029

For Project Priorities from previous years, please email us at info@heartlandregionaltpo.org

The Prioritized Project List contains a list of unfunded highway, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian projects that have been prioritized for funding. The list is updated annually, allowing local governments to plan for the funding and implementation of projects in their respective communities. Priorities are based on established criteria such as traffic volumes, environmental impacts, and available matching local funds.

Public Participation Plan (PPP)

Public Participation Plan – 2015-2016 Public Involvement Report – 2016-2017 Public Involvement Report – 2017-2018 Public Involvement Report – 2019-2020 Public Involvement Report

The Public Participation Plan (PPP) provides guidelines used by the HRTPO to inform and gather input from residents, communities, and interest groups throughout the six counties in order to expand the information available for planning.

Outlines organizational structure and work products
Describes HRTPO public communication tools
Prescribes public comment periods
Offers opportunities for public involvement

Transit Development Plan for Highlands County

View the Highlands Transit Plan

The Highlands Transit Plan, led by the Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization (HRTPO), is a Transit Development Plan (TDP) for Highlands County. The plan establishes a strategic vision to guide planning, development, and implementation of public transportation service over the next 10 years. Developed through a collaborative process and based on the community’s vision, the plan and is updated every five years. The plan is required by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to be eligible to receive state funding for public transportation.

Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan

View the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan for DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands and Okeechobee Counties 2023

View the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan for Glades and Hendry Counties 2023

The Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan is developed by the Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) and the Planning Agency under the guidance and approval of the Local Coordinating Board. The plan is an annually updated tactical plan with components of development, service and, quality assurance. Through the Local Coordinating Board’s involvement in the review and approval of the Service Plan, the Local Coordinating Board is able to guide and support the CTC in implementing coordination efforts and locally developed service standards that are consistent with the needs and resources of the community.

Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)

View the FY 2023/24 – 2027/28 Transportation Improvement Program – Adopted June 2023, Amended April 2024.

For Transportation Improvement Programs from previous years, please email us at info@heartlandregionaltpo.org

The Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a comprehensive list of federal, state and locally funded transportation projects. All modes of transportation are included in the TIP. This includes transit, roadways, bridges, aviation, seaport, rail and commuter rail, bicycle facilities, pedestrian provisions, and enhancement projects like landscaping and greenways. Produced annually, the TIP is known as a short-range plan because it allocates resources and dollars over each upcoming 5-year period by project phase.

Lists priority projects from the LRTP
Provides 5-year implementation schedule
Allocates state and federal funds for capital projects
Becomes part of the Statewide TIP (STIP)

Annual Obligations Report | Section 134 of Title 23, United State Code, requires that an annual listing of projects for which federal funds have been obligated in the preceding year shall be published or otherwise made available by the metropolitan planning organizations for public review.

Transportation Trends Report

View the 2017 Transportation Trends Report

Transportation Trends Report reports on the transportation performance measures developed in the Congestion Management Process. The HRTPO Transportation Trends Report will be updated every two years.

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

View FY 2022/23 - FY 2023/24 – View FY 2020/21 - FY 2021/22

For Work Programs from previous years, please email us at info@heartlandregionaltpo.org

This Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) describes the transportation planning projects to be performed within the Heartland Regional Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) study area.

Summarizes planning tasks to be completed by the HRTPO
Defines work products and timeline for major activities
Proposes budget using federal and other funds for planning
Estimated cost for each task

Programs & Plans