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Metroplan is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Central Arkansas. Central Arkansas is growing. Change is inevitable.

The first question Metroplan asks every day is how to plan for that growth. Metroplan’s goal is to ensure that those changes are beneficial to the economic health, growth, and vibrancy of our region. In a global economy, our metropolitan region is in competition with every other metropolitan region on earth. The smarter we plan for the future, the better prepared our communities will be. Metroplan’s role in this effort is to provide a regional forum for solving common problems and seizing common opportunities. Metroplan serves the core of central Arkansas – with an emphasis on Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline, and Lonoke counties. Metroplan is also the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization responsible for the transportation planning process in central Arkansas.

10/30/2026

What makes a street "smart"?

Join us as Metroplan and HNTB share insights from the new Central Arkansas Smart Streets Plan — a regional roadmap for using technology, data, and collaboration to improve safety, mobility, and reliability across our transportation network.🚦

Learn how transportation agencies are planning for a future that includes smarter signals, safer corridors, better traveler information, and stronger regional coordination.

Guest Speakers
🔷 Andrew Conley, Practice Consultant and Associate Vice President at HNTB
🔶 Daniel Holland, AICP, CARTS Study Director at Metroplan
🎤 Moderated by: Katie LeBlanc, PE, Senior Project Engineer at HNTB

🎟️ Register: https://bit.ly/4A0BlQ6

10/30/2026

🎉 What does planning make possible?

Throughout National Community Planning Month, we’ve taken a look behind the scenes at the plans, studies, data, and people that help shape Central Arkansas.

We’ve talked about:

🏠 Housing
🛣️ Transportation
🚦 Safety
🌳 Greenways
📊 Demographics and economic trends
🗺️ Data and mapping
🤝 Regional collaboration

Each piece is important on its own. But together, they shape communities, identify opportunities, coordinate investments, and prepare for the future.

Planning is about people, connections, and creating opportunities for communities to grow and thrive.

Thank you to the planners, partners, leaders, and residents who help make planning in Central Arkansas possible.

Happy National Community Planning Month! 🗺️🌱

10/28/2026

🌱 PLANNING IN ACTION: Energy & Environment Innovation Comprehensive Plan

Planning for the future means thinking beyond roads, buildings, and development. It also means considering how our communities use energy, protect natural resources, and prepare for a changing environment.

Metroplan’s Energy & Environment Innovation Comprehensive Plan provides a regional framework for addressing energy and environmental challenges while identifying opportunities to create more sustainable, resilient, and efficient communities across Central Arkansas.

The plan brings together strategies related to:

⚡ Energy efficiency and renewable energy
🌳 Natural resources and environmental stewardship
🏘️ Sustainable community development
🌡️ Climate and environmental resilience
💡 Innovation and emerging technologies

Regional planning gives communities an opportunity to share ideas, identify common challenges, and work together on solutions that can benefit Central Arkansas.

Planning for a stronger region means planning for a region that is more resilient, sustainable, and prepared for the future.

That’s planning in action. 🌎

Read the Arkansas Energy & Environment Innovation Comprehensive Plan by clicking the link below!

🔗https://metroplan.org/central-arkansas-energy-and-environment-innovation-comprehensive-action-plan/

10/26/2026

📋 PLANNING IN ACTION: Unified Development Ordinances

What happens when a community wants to make its development regulations easier to understand, more consistent, and better aligned with its vision for the future?

That’s where Metroplan's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) comes in.

Our UDO brings different development regulations — such as zoning, subdivision, and other land development standards — together into one coordinated document.

For communities, that can look like clearer regulations, a more streamlined development process, and tools that better reflect local goals and priorities.

Metroplan has developed model ordinances and planning resources to help communities across Central Arkansas navigate these complex planning decisions.

Why does this matter?

🏘️ It helps communities plan for growth.
📋 It creates clearer development standards.
🗺️ It connects land use and development decisions.
🤝 It gives local leaders tools to put their community vision into practice.

Planning isn’t just about deciding where development happens.

It’s also about creating the framework that helps communities shape how they grow.

That’s planning in action.

Read the Unified Development Ordinance by clicking the link below!

🔗https://metroplan.org/unified-development-ordinance-udo/

10/23/2026

We love partnering with WTS Arkansas and celebrating women in transportation! 🧡🚙✈️🚛

10/23/2026

📊 Good planning starts with understanding where you are.

What are the transportation challenges facing Faulkner County?

Where are opportunities emerging in Saline County?

How is growth affecting Pulaski County?

What transportation needs will Lonoke County face in the years ahead?

Metroplan’s County Transportation Reports bring together data, maps, and planning information for Faulkner, Saline, Lonoke, and Pulaski counties.

The reports give local leaders, communities, businesses, and residents a shared foundation for understanding transportation needs and future priorities.

Because every community has its own story — and good regional planning starts by understanding each of those stories.

📍 Four counties.
📊 One regional perspective.
🗺️ Better information for better planning.

Explore the Central Arkansas County Transportation Reports StoryMap at the link below!
🔗https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/f474bf1c1a4a4dc19a383b15625ac89c

10/19/2026

Planning for Safer Roads 🚦

Metroplan’s Central Arkansas Safety Action Plan uses crash data, public input, and analysis to identify roadway safety challenges throughout the four-county region.

The plan looks at where serious crashes are happening, why they may be occurring, and what communities can do to improve safety for everyone using the transportation system.

The Safety Action Plan has informed Road Safety Audits and additional safety planning throughout Central Arkansas.

This is planning in action:

📊 Analyze the data.
🗣️ Listen to the community.
🔎 Identify the challenges.
💡 Develop solutions.
🏗️ Move toward implementation.

Check out the Central Arkansas Safety Action Plan by clicking the link below!
🔗https://metroplan.org/central-arkansas-safety-action-plan/

10/16/2026

The City of Little Rock’s second I-30 Deck Park community meeting is scheduled for:

Thursday, October 22
4:30–6:30 p.m.
East Little Rock Community Center gym, 2500 E. 6th Street

The meeting will be an open house where attendees can review deck park alternatives and provide input.

10/13/2026

🔭 What will Central Arkansas look like in 2050?

We can’t know exactly what the future will bring — but we can plan for it.

Metroplan’s Central Arkansas Transforming Mobility is the region’s long-range Metropolitan Transportation Plan, looking toward 2050.

The plan considers how Central Arkansas will move people, support economic growth, improve accessibility, connect different modes of transportation, and respond to changing community needs as the region grows and develops.

Read Central Arkansas, Transforming Mobility, today by clicking the link

🔗https://metroplan.org/transportation/long-range-metropolitan-transportation-plan-mtp/

10/12/2026

📢 Join us tomorrow for Rotary!

The Rotary Club of Benton-Bauxite will meet tomorrow, Tuesday, October 13, at noon at Wood Grill Buffet in Benton!

This week's program will feature Casey Covington, Executive Director of
Metroplan , who will share insights into the growth and development happening across Central Arkansas, including Benton and Saline County.

Casey has served as Metroplan's Executive Director since 2023 and brings extensive experience in transportation planning, infrastructure improvements, and regional development.

With Saline County's population estimated to have grown 7.7% since 2020, we'll hear more about what this growth means for our communities and how regional planning is helping prepare for the future.

A special thank you to Rotarian Lamont Cornwell for coordinating this week's program!

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

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