Product No.: 09047
Date Published: 12/2009
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The Connections Plan sets regional policy and agenda. It reviews long-term and recent development trends and considers future land use scenarios, along with extensive public input, as the basis for creating a regional vision to guide future development in the nine-county DVRPC region. The Plan is organized around four key Plan principles: Create Livable Communities; Manage Growth and Protect Resources; Build an Energy-Efficient Economy; and Establish a Modern, Multimodal Transportation System. The Plan includes a 26-year needs assessment for maintaining existing transportation infrastructure with limited new capacity expansion. Reasonably expected available revenue is used to constrain the identified need in the financial plan, including a list of major regional projects. To fully achieve the vision beyond the constrained Plan, the region needs to consider alternatives, such as local funding options or public-private partnerships.Geographic Area Covered: The nine-county Greater Philadelphia area, which covers the counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Mercer in New Jersey
Key Words: Long-range plan, Greater Philadelphia, key Plan principles, regional policy, sustainability, scenarios, financial plan, transportation, needs assessment, trends, vision, future, open space, growth management, cultural landscapes, historic resources, farmland preservation, natural resource preservation, land use, local food, livable communities, centers, green infrastructure, energy-efficient economy, multimodal, fix-it-first, major regional project, funding, local funding options, implementation
Staff Contact(s)
- Michael Boyer (mboyer@dvrpc.org)
- Brett Fusco (bfusco@dvrpc.org)
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