AGENDA: Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization

Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting Agenda

DATE:                               Monday, January 26, 2026

TIME:                                1:00 p.m.

PLACE:                            Online at capecodcommission.org/mpo/join, passcode: join

PHONE:                           (929) 205-6099, Meeting ID: 932 6393 2207

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Roll call/Attendance
3. Potential approval of prior meeting minutes: December 15, 2025
4. Public Comment
5. Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (“BUILD”) Grant Support Letter: Staff will provide an overview of a potential BUILD grant application for the Route 6 Corridor Improvement project in Eastham that staff are assisting the Town of Eastham prepare. Committee members may vote to submit a letter of support for the application.
6. Functional Classification Designation Updates: Following the finalization of the 2020 Urbanized Area boundaries for Barnstable County, staff reviewed the functional classification designations for roadways affected by the updated boundaries and identified additional roadways for which updated designations are warranted. Staff will present, and Committee members may vote to release for public comment, the updates to these designations.
7. Critical Urban and Rural Freight Corridor Designation Updates: Staff will provide an overview of the National Highway Freight Program and designated critical urban and rural freight corridors on Cape Cod. Staff will present, and Committee members may vote to release for public comment, updates to these corridor designations.
8. Eastham-Orleans Route 6 Rotary Improvement Project: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) staff and their consultant, Fuss & O’Neill, will present on the Eastham-Orleans Route 6 Rotary Improvement project that is currently under preliminary design. Committee members will provide feedback on the project including the proposed public outreach strategy.
9. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1– September 30) 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Development: As part of the development of the 2027-2031 TIP, staff will present an overview of the transportation projects that are currently programmed on the 2026-2030 TIP, and an overview of projects that are eligible to be programmed onto the 2027-2031 TIP. The TIP summarizes the regionally significant transportation infrastructure projects receiving federal funding for construction over the next five fiscal years.
10. Federal Fiscal Year (October 1 – September 30) 2027 Unified Planning Work Program (“UPWP”) Development: Staffwill provide an overview of the development of the 2027 UPWP which summarizes all significant transportation planning activities for fiscal year 2027 on Cape Cod. Committee members may ask questions and suggest potential tasks and studies for inclusion in the 2027 UPWP.
11. Reports: Massachusetts Department of Transportation staff will discuss the status of the Transportation Improvement Program projects that are planned in the next five years. Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority staff will report on the status of current and future projects and initiatives to improve public transportation services on Cape Cod. Cape Cod Commission staff will report on upcoming public meetings and available grants.
12. New Business: Topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair more than 48 hours before the meeting.
13. Adjourn

This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print, as available). For accommodations or language assistance please contact the Cape Cod MPO by phone: (508) 362-3828, fax (508) 362-3136, Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 711 or email frontdesk@capecodcommission.org.

Title VI Notice of Nondiscrimination: The Cape Cod MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related federal and state statutes and regulations. It is the policy of the Cape Cod MPO to ensure that no person or group of persons shall on the grounds of Title VI protected categories, including race, color, national origin, or under additional federal and state protected categories including sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, ancestry, veteran's status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity administered by the Cape Cod MPO. To request additional information about this commitment, or to file a complaint under Title VI or a related nondiscrimination provision, please contact the MPO’s Title VI Coordinator by phone at (508)362-3828, Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 711, fax (508) 362-3136 or by e-mail at mhevenor@capecodcommission.org. If this information is needed in another language, please contact the MPO’s Title VI Coordinator by phone at (508)362-3828.

Caso estas informações sejam necessárias em outro idioma, por favor, contate o Coordenador de Título VI da MPO pelo telefone 508-744-1299. The public discussion of the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) at CCJTC, MPO, and transportation meetings satisfies the Program of Projects (POP) public hearing requirements of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).