The Hillsborough TPO Board approved the updated Public Participation Plan on September 10, 2025. The PPP outlines the agency’s strategies to inform and engage the public in transportation planning with the goal of maximizing participation and effectiveness.
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Public participation is integral to good transportation policies, programs and projects. Without meaningful public involvement, there is a risk of making poor decisions or decisions that have unintended negative consequences. More than an agency requirement and more than a means of fulfilling a statutory obligation, meaningful public participation is central to good decision-making. The TPO is responsible for actively involving all affected parties in an open, cooperative and collaborative process that provides meaningful opportunities to influence transportation decisions.
The Public Participation Plan describes the TPO’s strategies and techniques to inform and engage the public in transportation planning issues with the purpose of maximizing participation and effectiveness. The effectiveness of the TPO’s Public Participation Plan (PPP) is evaluated every other year and documented in the Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) Report. The TPO produces a new or updated PPP every four years at the outset of each update of the Long Range Transportation Plan.