Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Area [Minnesota] Full Details

Full Details

Title:

Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Area [Minnesota]

Description:

This the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) area for the Twin Cities. The shape covers the 7 county area as well as the urbanized area that extends beyond the 7 county area. Under state law, the Met Council's jurisdiction covers the 7 county area - Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington counties. Under federal rules, the MPO must plan for the entire urbanized area, which is a Census defined area. After the 2010 Census, the urbanized area for the Twin Cities extended beyond the 7 county area into Wright and Sherburne counties. Thus, for the first time, the MPO jurisdiction area for the Met Council needed to extend beyond the 7 counties. Working with MnDOT, the census defined urbanized area was smoothed and this data file was the officially accepted MPO area for the Twin Cities. To delineate the extent of the Metropolitan Planning Organization Area

Creator:

Metropolitan Transportation Services - Metropolitan Council

Provider:

Minnesota Geospatial Commons

Resource Class:

Datasets and Web services

Theme:

Transportation

Temporal Coverage:

2017-02-15

Place:

Minnesota--Anoka County, Minnesota--Carver County, Minnesota--Dakota County, Minnesota--Hennepin County, Minnesota--Ramsey County, Minnesota--Scott County, Minnesota--Washington County, Minnesota--Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota

Rights:

None. This dataset is public domain under the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13). If the dataset is not available from the Online Linkage in Section 6, please contact the Distribution Contact Person.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Files

Language:

English

Date Added:

2021-04-26