Dougherty Area Regional Transportation Study
A Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is a federally mandated and federally funded transportation policy making organization that is made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities. The Dougherty Area Regional Transportation Study (DARTS) was formalized in 1965 as a Continuous, Comprehensive and Cooperative Process as was initially authorized in the Highway Act of 1962.
The purpose of the Dougherty Area Regional Transportation Study (DARTS) is to ensure that federal-aid transportation projects are planned in a continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive manner. The study area of DARTS, the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), includes the existing urbanized area for the City of Albany, Dougherty County, the City of Leesburg, the southern half of Lee County, and those areas that are expected to become urbanized over the next 20 years.
FY27-30 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
The DARTS Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has developed the DARTS-FY-27-30-TIP (Draft) and is making the document available for public review and comment. The TIP is a fiscally constrained, four-year program of transportation projects proposed to receive federal transportation funding within the DARTS MPO planning area. The TIP includes highway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, safety, and transportation enhancement projects and is developed in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), local governments, transit providers, and federal transportation agencies.
The Draft FY 2027–2030 TIP will be available for public review from June 22, 2026, through July 22, 2026, a period of thirty (30) days. During this time, interested persons are encouraged to review the document and submit comments.
DARTS Project Status
FY25 1st Quarter Status Report as of March 28, 2025. Please contact Tanner Anderson at taanderson@albanyga.gov for more information.