Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

The Erie Regional Planning Commission (ERPC) has contracted with GFT to complete a planning study to review transportation improvements along US 6 between the cities of Huron and Vermilion. The goals of the study include expanded multimodal transportation and safety improvements through the corridor.

A prior Phase 1 study was completed in 2019 that studied US 6 between the cities of Sandusky and Huron.  This project, Phase 2, covers US 6 from Heron Street in Huron to Decatur Street in Vermilion.   ERPC evaluated alternatives to add multimodal connections along US 6 that will tie-in with the recommendations from the Phase 1 project as well as with larger lakefront trail connectivity efforts in northern Ohio.

Meeting Materials: 

Public comments received from the meeting Open House this past January are now available for review:

The draft study is expected to be adopted by the MPO in June of 2026. Please feel free to share any additional comments or notes with Kevin Cannon at [email protected]. 

The Erie County Regional Planning Commission (ERPC) is the handling agency for the MPO.  The ERPC MPO was created as a result of a Federal statute that states every urbanized area with a population of more than 50,000 must establish a MPO; where the MPO is responsible for both short and long range transportation planning for its associated region.  The ERPC MPO is responsible for implementing the federal metropolitan transportation planning process for the over 100,000 residents of Erie County, the eastern portion of Ottawa County, and the City of Vermilion within Lorain County. 

 

 

The MPO receives an annual allocation of federal funding in the amount of approximately $1 million for transportation projects located on the federal aid system across the ERPC MPO region.  The MPO typically solicits for projects on an annual basis or as funding availablity allows.  Local jurisdiction and transit agencies are eligible to apply for project funding.  Typically funding is awarded on an 80/20 split, where 20% of project costs are to be covered by the project sponsor.  ERPC staff assists with the project solictitation process but all funding award decisions are ultimately made by the MPO's Policy Committee.  Projects that are awarded for funding are then programmed into the MPO's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) which is a four year list of prioritized projects.