About Lee MPO

The Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is responsible for transportation planning in the Cities of Bonita Springs, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, and Sanibel, the Town of Fort Myers Beach, the Village of Estero, and unincorporated Lee County.

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1962 required each urbanized area with a population of 50,000 or more to establish a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive, or 3-C approach, to multimodal transportation planning process as a condition of receiving federal funds for transportation improvements. Subsequent acts required the creation of a metropolitan planning organization (MPO) in each such area, and provided federal assistance for metropolitan planning. (Title 23, §§134 & 104, USC; 23 CFR part 450). As a result of this legislation, the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization was created in 1977.

Our Mission and Vision

The Lee County MPO’s mission is to provide leadership and promote a comprehensive intermodal surface transportation system that will provide for regional mobility, encourage a positive investment climate and foster sustainable development sensitive to community and natural resources.

The Lee County MPO’s vision is to have a multi-jurisdictional, integrated multi-modal transportation system that safely and efficiently moves people and goods to, through, and within our area. This system will enable Lee County and the surrounding areas to flourish in the global marketplace. The Lee County MPO strives to include and promote public participation in every aspect of its planning processes.

One important opportunity for public participation occurs each spring when the MPO requests transportation enhancement proposals for local roads from the public.

Applications could include projects to add a sidewalk, build a bike path, or make other street enhancements. Before the MPO board approves proposals, it considers recommendations from the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), the Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board (LCB), the Bicycle Pedestrian Coordinating Committee (BPCC), and the Traffic Management and Operations Committee (TMOC).