NOW OPEN: The Gaston Cleveland Lincoln MPO has announced a public comment period for proposed updates to the 2020-2029 Transportation Improvement Plan and 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan. Please see the official announcement below, or visit the TIP and MTP Proposed Amendments webpage for more information. The deadline for public comment is Oct. 31, 2021. … Continued
NOW OPEN- CATS has now launched a virtual workshop that allows you to provide input on station area planning ideas on the proposed LYNX Silver Line station areas- including Belmont. Click the link below to share your thoughts and ideas about the early visions for what development could look like surrounding the future station location. … Continued
There was some confusion generated by the yard waste flyer that recently went out in the monthly water bills about grass clippings and leaf collection. The city has and will continue to pick up grass clippings and leaves that are bagged and placed on the curb if a pick-up is scheduled by Tuesday at 12PM. … Continued
Click the link below to view our first interactive transportation newsletter! Summer/ Fall 2021 Transportation Newsletter
The Connect Beyond Team is hosting targeted listening sessions with community members from across our 12-county region to help refine the draft recommendations for CONNECT Beyond’s regional transit plan. These virtual listening sessions will be interactive interviews that can be done in English or Spanish and take approximately 30-minutes to complete. Each household that participates … Continued
AUG. 2- AUG. 31, 2021- The GCLMPO is updating its Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), a long-range, fiscally-constrained plan that defines the transportation network that will serve both present and projected volumes of vehicular traffic, public transportation use, bicycle, pedestrian, aviation and freight travel in and around the urban area through the year 2050. The MTP … Continued
May 24, 2021- Belmont City Council approved DelWebb’s development plans, which will include the construction of a .73 mile segment of the new South Fork Parkway that will provide a connection between Armstrong Ford Rd and Nixon Rd in Phase 1 of the project. The developer has also agreed to mitigate their impacts through improvements … Continued
April 5, 2021- Belmont City Council adopted a Resolution of Support for the LYNX Silver Line Locally Preferred Alternative alignment and station location for the proposed light rail in Belmont. For more information, please refer to the following presentations: February 2021 Public Engagement: Focus Area #1 (Belmont to I-485) March 15, 2021 City Council … Continued
On Monday, February 16, 2021 CATS held a virtual public meeting on focus area 1 (Gaston County/Belmont to I-485). The virtual meeting goes over details of the proposed SilverLine alignment. To view a recording of this virtual public meeting click here.
WCNC report on local communities still hosting their 4th of July fireworks show. To view the article or watch the story on WCNC click here.
