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2025 Jackson Urbanized Area Transportation Plan (click here for a copy)
On December 6, 2001, CMPDD's Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) adopted the 2025 Jackson Urbanized Area Transporation Plan. Federal regulations require that the metropolitan
transportation planning process include a transportation plan addressing at least a 20 year horizon, therefore, one of the responsibilities of the MPO is the development of a long-range
areawide transportation plan. In order to remain in compliance with federal regulations, it was necessary in 2000 to begin development of an update of the 2020 Plan.
| Photo Captioned from above: |
| For the 2025 Plan, the Jackson urbanized area boundary has been expanded to include the new Nissan plant area, including the "Nissan Interchange". |
In order to update the Jackson Urbanized Area Transporation Plans for the interim 2025 phase, the District and the City of Jackson Planning and Development Department had to produce
2025 projections of population, dwelling units, school enrollment and employment for the same urbanized area shown in the 2020 plan (with the exception of the Nissan site). The chart
below reflects the 2025 projections compared to 1990 data for the same area.
2025 Jackson Urbanized Area Transportation Plan Demographic Estimates and Projections
| Data Variable |
Year 1990 |
Year 2025 |
| Population |
334,467 |
509,434 |
| Total Dwelling Units |
124,565 |
190,189 |
| Total Employment |
184,139 |
254,131 |
| Retail Employment |
33,339 |
67,276 |
| School Enrollment |
95,754 |
140,894 |
Sources: 1990: U. S. Bureau of Census, MS Employment Security Commission
2025 Projections: CMPDD and City of Jackson Planning Dept.
This 2025 data was fed into the computerized traffic simulation model to produce 2025 traffic projections on existing and proposed streets and highways. Based upon an analysis of the
2025 projected traffic, numerous street and highway improvements were proposed, many of which were included in the 2020 Plan. These improvements were divided into three stages: Stage I:
2002 - 2006; Stage II: 2007 - 2015; and Stage III 2016-2025. Federal regulations require that the long-range transporation plan be financially constrained, which means that the cost of
proposed improvements must not exceed expected revenues. Therefore, based upon the estimated cost of all needed improvements in the area and the amount of funding expected to be
available, some needed projects cannot be funded through traditional sources; these are identified in the 2025 plan as "vision needs."
The table below is a summary of the proposed improvements with estimated costs:
2025 Jackson Urbanized Area Transportation Plan
Cost Summary: Proposed Improvements
| Stage I: 2002 - 2006 |
$ 255,370,000 |
| Stage II: 2007 - 2015 |
$ 269,700,000 |
| Stage III: 2016 - 2015 |
$ 257,940,000 |
| Total: Financially Constrained Plan |
$ 783,010,000 |
| "Vision Needs" |
$ 461,650,000 |
| TOTAL URBANIZED AREA NEEDS |
$1,244,660,000 |
"Vision Needs" (Needed projects which cannot be financed through traditional sources of federal, state, and local sources)
Based on these cost and revenue projections, it is obvious that in order to meet the transportation needs of the future, new and innovative sources of revenue must be identified. As we
cannot continue to widen streets and highways indefinitely, we must make increased use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (such as traffic signals that can be monitored through
television cameras and modified from a remote location as needed), and we must reduce use of single occupancy vehicles through the use of mass transit.
For more information about the 2025 Interim Transportation Plan, please contact Larry Smith: lsmith@cmpdd.org.
Revised: March, 2006
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