
Dougherty Area Regional Transportation Study

Citizens’ Transportation Committee (Special Called Meeting)
The DARTS MPO held a special called meeting on October 11, 2023 to discuss goals and objectives with the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) underway. Consultants, Metro Analytics, and DARTS Staff briefed members and the public on what an MTP is and what is expected throughout the process. A recording of this presentation has been made available to the public for viewing. If you have any questions about the DARTS 2050 MTP, please contact Tanner Anderson at taanderon@albanyga.gov or call (229)-302-1843.
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.
DARTS Project Status
GDOT Project Status as of November 13th, 2023. Please contact Tanner Anderson at taanderson@albanyga.gov for more information.