The Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization will hold its regular quarterly committee meetings on September 4th and 5th at the offices of the Southern Georgia Regional Commission located at 327 W. Savannah Ave. in Valdosta. The VLMPO Citizen’s Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, September 4, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. The Technical Advisory and Policy Committees will meet in a joint session on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, at 8:00 a.m.  
 
During the meetings, the committees will discuss and approve performance measure amendments to the 2040 Transportation Vision Plan and FY18-21 Transportation Improvement Program, and an application for funds to the Federal Transit Administration. Additionally, the Policy Committee will discuss and approve a bylaws amendment adding the City of Ray City as a voting member of the body following an annexation in 2017. Presentations will also be given about the 2045 Socioeconomic Data Study, a draft Complete Street Policy, and traffic signalization in the City of Valdosta.  Both meetings are open to the public.
 
The Southern Georgia Regional Commission as the designated Valdosta-Lowndes Metropolitan Planning Organization is a multi-county, federally funded transportation planning agency for the Valdosta Urbanized Area. The VLMPO conducts long range and short range transportation planning in areas including: highways and bridges, public transit, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, freight movement among other areas.