Transportation Planning, Safety and Feasibility Study Program
Conducting studies and plans help OVRDC assist member counties with transportation issues. The role of OVRDC as a Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO) includes the opportunity to assist our member counties with safety and feasibility studies that often will lay the groundwork for larger funding applications and bigger project planning.
Last year, OVRDC coordinated a total of four transportation studies and helped with more transportation studies and plan upgrades than in any other year since we first became an RTPO seven years ago. The next upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) is accepting proposals until the deadline to submit at 3:00 pm on February 28, 2023, so submit a proposal or contact our office at any time to discuss other available transportation funding. Click on the name of the study below to view the full report.
OVRDC RTPO Transportation Safety and Feasibility Studies
County | Project | Study Cost | OVRDC Share | ODOT Share | Local Share | Study Status |
FY2022 | ||||||
Scioto | Portsmouth 4th St/Gay St Intersection Safety Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Fayette | US22 & Jamison Rd Safety Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
FY 2021 | ||||||
Ross | Rural Transit Feasibility Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Highland | Transit Plan Update | $19,950 | $19,950 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Jackson | Beaver Pike Safety Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Scioto | Portsmouth Seventeenth Street Corridor Safety Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
FY 2020 | ||||||
Adams | Winchester Speed Study | $6,500 | $6,500 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Gallia | Gallipolis Corridor Safety/Feasibility | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Ross | Ross Thoroughfare Plan Update | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Scioto | Traffic Impact Study Airport | $21,000 | $20,000 | $1,000 | $0 | Complete |
Scioto | Scioto Coordinated Transit-Human Services Plan Update | $19,900 | $19,900 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
FY 2019 | ||||||
Highland* | Highland County Transit Feasibility Study | $20,000 | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Pike | Piketon Access Management | $19,980 | $19,980 | $0 | $0 | Complete |
Scioto* | Active Transportation Plan | $47,029 | $0 | $47,029 | $0 | Complete |
FY 2018 | ||||||
Pike | The Mill Road Safety/Feasibility | $15,000 | $10,000 | $ 0 | $5,000 | Complete |
Scioto | CR503 Safety/Feasibility | $46,272 | $10,000 | $32,644.80 | $3,627.20 | Complete |
*Highland County Transit Feasibility Study was used as a preliminary study to help secure $1.1 Million grant award to fund a public transit project serving Highland and Adams Counties.
*Scioto County Active Transportation Plan was used as a preliminary study to help secure $400,000 grant award for an ODOT Safe Routes to Schools grant.

Success Stories
City of Portsmouth Secures $400K for Safe Routes to School Project
Scioto County Mobility Plan Update 2021 – OVRDC facilitated updates to the Coordinated Transit-Human Services Plan required by ODOT to be completed every four years to remain eligible for transit funding.