Kittery Area Comprehensive Transportation System (KACTS)

 

Updates & News:

  • DRAFT 2025-2028 TIP Open for Public Comment: The KACTS 2025-2028 Draft TIP is open for public comment. Comments can be sent by email to Dean Williams at dwilliams@smpdc.org, or submitted by phone at (207) 571-7065. The public comment period will close on March 26, 2025 at 4:00pm.
  • March 11, 2025 Amendment to 2024-2027 TIP Open for Public Comment: Amendment to the KACTS 2024-2027 TIP is open for public comment. Comments can be sent by email to Dean Williams at dwilliams@smpdc.org, or submitted by phone at (207) 571-7065. The public comment period will close on March 26, 2025 at 4:00pm.
  • Upcoming KACTS Policy Committee meeting April 2, 2025: agenda available here

 

 

The Kittery Area Comprehensive Transportation System (KACTS) is a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) designated by federal and state government to carry out transportation planning in the Maine portion of the Portsmouth and Dover-Rochester, New Hampshire urbanized areas, which includes the municipalities of York, Kittery, Eliot, South Berwick, Berwick, Ogunquit, Wells, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport. As an MPO, KACTS evaluates and approves proposed transportation improvement projects, in addition to facilitating communication among MPO member communities, state agencies, and federal transportation agencies. KACTS is responsible for planning for the surface transportation network, including principal and minor arterials, collector roads, bridges, rail, public transit, and facilities for biking and walking.

Short and long-range improvements are outlined in the following documents:

Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP)

The TIP is a capital improvement program developed every two years in cooperation with the Maine Department of Transportation. This program results in a prioritized list of transportation projects that are submitted for federal, state and local funding, such as road resurfacing and reconstruction. Candidate projects are submitted by the member communities, and ranked through a technical scoring/project prioritization process.

Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)

The MTP is KACTS' 20-year plan for the region's transportation system. The plan considers projected growth in population, employment, and residential and commercial development as the basis for new policies and projects to facilitate all modes of transportation, including roads and highways, rail, public transit, and biking and walking. The next MTP update, Southern Maine in Motion, is currently underway. 

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP)

KACTS provides a UPWP on a biennial basis, which identifies the work to be accomplished by the MPO staff, and planning studies requested by member communities.

The document below is our work plan for the next two years. It identifies KACTS transportation planning activities to be performed during 2022 and 2023. The KACTS Policy Committee, the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT), and the region’s transit systems, are collaborating in the development of this two-year planning work program and budget. FHWA, FTA, state and local funds will support the majority of the tasks.

Public Involvement Plan (PIP)

The PIP outlines the strategies, approaches, and performance measures to be used to advance meaningful public involvement in KACTS’ regional transportation planning efforts.

Title VI Program

KACTS operates in accordance with various civil rights authorities, including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 13166, Executive Order 12898, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). 

KACTS is committed to ensuring that the fundamental principles of equal opportunity are upheld in all decisions involving our employees and contractors/consultants, and to ensuring that the public-at-large is afforded access to our programs and services. To that end, no person shall be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any KACTS program or activity on the grounds of race, color, or national origin. 

Any person who believes they have been subjected to discrimination based on race, color, national origin, limited English proficiency, sex, age, or disability has a right to file a complaint within 180 days of the alleged discrimination.

Inquires concerning KACTS’ policies, investigations, complaints, compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and concerns regarding compliance with Title VI and Environmental Justice laws and regulations, may be directed to the Transportation Division Director at 207-571-7065, 110 Main Street, Suite 1400, Saco, ME 04072.

 

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