What is CAMPO?CAMPO is short for Columbus Area Metropolitan Planning Organization. CAMPO is the MPO for the City of Columbus, Bartholomew County, Blue River Township in Johnson County, and Jackson Township in Shelby County as designated by the Governor of Indiana on the 27 th of February 2004. CAMPO is responsible for the continuing, cooperative and comprehensive transportation planning process for the Columbus Metropolitan Planning Area. The structure of CAMPO consists of the following:
CAMPO Policy BoardThe CAMPO Policy Board is the decision making body of the MPO. It is comprised of the following officials: City of Columbus
Bartholomew County
CAMPO Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)The CAMPO TAC is the technical arm of the MPO. It is a working group consisting of professional staff members from transportation stake holders in the Columbus metropolitan planning area. The TAC is responsible for analyzing and reviewing transportation projects, reports, and issues with the purpose of making recommendations to the MPO Policy Board. The TAC is advisory in nature, not a decision making body. It is comprised of the following officials:
CAMPO StaffCAMPO staff consists of one full time person. Staff is responsible for all of the legwork to support the recommendations of the Technical Advisory Committee and decisions of the Policy Board. This includes everything from the writing and preparation of plan documents and resolutions, scheduling of meetings, to things such as this website. CitizenryThe MPO works for you, the citizen. The planning process affects the transportation network that your tax dollars pay and paid for. Therefore your input is very important to the planning process. There are several ways to be involved, from taking part in public workshops, attending policy board meetings, talking with your elected officials, and providing written or verbal input directly to the MPO staff. If you have made it this far into the website, you are obviously interested, so please don’t be shy. |