Transportation Master Plan

The  Town of Stevensville  is  soliciting  Statements  of  Qualifications  (SOQ)  from  qualified  consultants to provide  professional  services  for  a  Transportation  Master  Plan  Update  that  will  take  a  comprehensive, multimodal approach to analyzing and improving traffic and  circulation. 

The Town of Stevensville Transportation Master Plan (TMP) is the long-range blueprint for travel and mobility within Stevensville. The TMP describes a vision for transportation that supports the Town’s Strategic Plan. The TMP covers all forms of travel – by foot, bicycle, skateboard, scooter, stroller, wheelchair, transit, motorcycle, automobile, etc. The TMP provides guidance for public and private sector decisions on local and regional transportation investments, including short-, mid-, and long-range transportation and related land-use activities. In this way, the Town can assess the relative importance of transportation projects and programs; and schedule their planning, engineering, and construction as Stevensville growth takes place and the need for improved and new facilities is warranted. The TMP also establishes a methodology/criterion for prioritization of projects to be included in future Transportation Improvement Plans (TIPs) and Capital Improvement Plans (CIPs).  

The last update to the TMP was in 2006. The TMP, which serves as the supporting analysis for the transportation element of the Town’s Strategic Plan and the Growth Policy, must be updated to align with the Town’s periodic updates and set transportation policies for guiding the development of Stevensville, MT. 

Due  to  the  age  of  the existing Master Streets Plan,  variations  in  focus,  changes  in  conditions,  and  evolving  best  practices,  an  updated  comprehensive  circulation  study  is  necessary.  An updated study  will  seek  to  identify  those  findings  and  recommendations  from existing  studies  that  are still relevant and use those as a foundation  for the new study, then  identify those areas where gaps in information exist and fill in those gaps.  The final study will provide an in-depth analysis of  the  existing  conditions  and  anticipated  future  circulation  patterns,   as  well  as  recommendations  for  improvements  for  the  safe  and  efficient  operation  of  vehicles  and pedestrians, with an emphasis on cost effectiveness and implementable alternatives.