Legacy 2025 guides the investment of more than $14.6 billion in public funds through the year 2025. Responsible planning practices and Federal law require that transportation investment decisions align with the goals and objectives that the region's policymakers have adopted; that the results, overall, will not compromise the quality of the air our citizens breathe; and that the region's governments can reasonably expect to be able to pay for the projects and strategies that are identified in the plan for implementation.  To accomplish this, the Council uses a multi-step, integrated decision-making process in which the procedures for planning and the criteria for selecting projects all link back to the policies and goals set out in the 20-year plan.  In 2005, an updated version of this plan was released as Legacy 2030 .

Legacy 2025: The Transportation Plan for the Gateway Region
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• Section I: Background
• Section II: The St. Louis Region
• Section III: The Transportation System
• Section IV: Focus Areas for Problem-Solving
• Section V: Transportation Investment Plan
• Section VI: Air Quality Conformity Determination

Download Legacy 2025: The Transportation Plan for the Gateway Region Zip File
 

Air Quality Conformity Determination and Documentation

In accordance with the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990 and related Federal regulations, the 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan must be found to be in conformity with all applicable State Implementation Plans (SIPs) and with the mobile source budgets as established by the SIPs before the Transportation Plan may be approved by the MPO and the Federal Highway Administration.

Based on the analysis, the projects and programs included in the 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan for the St. Louis Region are found to be in conformity with the requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the relevant sections of the Final Conformity Rule  40 CFR Part 93 and the procedures set forth in the Missouri State Conformity Regulations 10 CSR 10-5.480.

• Air Quality Conformity Determination and Documentation (pdf file).

Supporting Documents and Presentations

An endeavor as large as updating the region's transportation plan produced several documents and presentations, as noted below:

• Presentations:
• Long-Range Plan Update: Creating a Transportation Strategy for Action - January 2004 - Slideshow
• A presentation given to our Board of Directors and other Gateway committees introducing the kick-off of the update process for the St. Louis region's long-range transportation plan.
• Presentation: Transportation Investment Plan - 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan for the St. Louis Region
• - pdf version* (6 mb)
• State of the System Presentation for Transportation Forum - 11/15/01
• - pdf version* (19 mb)
• Transportation Redefined III 2002 Update Slideshow
• - pdf version*
• Transportation Planning Community Engagement Plan Slide Show

* NOTE: the pdf versions are best for printing the slideshows; however, because of the large file sizes, you may want to download the file to your pc first, then print off-line for faster response

Documents:

• Population and Employment Projections, May 2001
• Fact Sheets:
• These single-paged handouts highlight and explain one key component of transportation planning in the St. Louis metropolitan region.
• The Four Stages of Transportation Planning and Decision-Making
• Intelligent Transportation System (ITS)
• Map: Elements of ITS (pdf file)

Citizens' Guides

Transportation planning can be a confusing and intimidating process for citizens not familiar with the ins and outs of the processes and programs.  In an effort to help educate the citizens of the St. Louis region about various aspects of transportation planning, East-West Gateway produced a citizens' guide called Talking the Talk. 

Public Engagements

To help us understand the interaction of the transportation system with the rest of the region, Council staff conducted a variety of public engagement activities in 2001 and 2002 that were designed to elicit the issues and needs of those who live and work in the St. Louis region.  In addition to the community meetings held around the region, staff also facilitated several topic-specific roundtables and committee work sessions. Public input from these activities helped guide staff in developing the principles and strategies of the Long-Range Plan.

Below is a list of the activities presented during the study period.

• 2001:
• August 4 — Access to Jobs Forum
• August 8 — Bicycle & Pedestrian Roundtable
• August 8 — Hispanic Leaders of Greater St. Louis (information meeting)
• August 21 — Freight Roundtable
• September 6 — Transit Roundtable
• September 18 — Work Session — Special Transportation Management Authority
  (STMA)
• October 10 — Work Session — Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)
• October 12 — Environmental and Resource Conservation Roundtable
• October 15 — Community Meeting — Jefferson County
• October 16 — Community Meeting — SLACO (north)
• Ocboter 17 — Safety Roundtable
• October 17 — Community Meeting — SLACO (south)
• October 18 — Community Meeting — MCU
• October 20 — East St. Louis Community Action Network (information meeting)
• October 22 — Community Meeting — St. Charles County (Kisker Road Branch Library)
• October 24 — Community Meeting — St. Charles County (Middendorf-Kredell Branch
  Library)
• October 29 — City of Washington Transportation Advisory Committee (information
  meeting)
• October 30 — Community Meeting — Village of Washington Park
• November 1 — Work Session — Air Quality Advisory Committee (AQAC)
• December 18 — Community Meeting — St. Charles County
• December 18 — Community Meeting — Madison County
• 2002:
• February 19 -- Open House for Public Comment in the City of St. Louis, MO
• February 20 -- Open House for Public Comment in the Hillsboro, MO
• February 21 -- Open House for Public Comment in the Union, MO
• February 26 -- Open House for Public Comment in the Richmond Hts, MO
• February 27 -- Open House for Public Comment in the St. Peters, MO and Collinsville, IL
• February 28 -- Open House for Public Comment in the East-West Gateway Offices