Mercer County Transportation Planning

Congestion Management Processes

What is the CMP?

The Mercer County Congestion Management Processes (CMP) work was done in order to accurately assess current congestion issues and properly plan to address these problems. Essentially, the CMP will provide the planners and operators of Mercer County’s transportation facilities with an additional set of tools to help manage or mitigate county-specific congestion by helping to answer the following questions:

    What are our congestion problems?
    Where are those problems?
    How and where should we make improvements?
    Did our solutions work, and how can we do better next time?

The process identified 24 corridors of concern throughout Mercer County. Several of these corridors were monitored on previous, more rudimentary, congestion management efforts undertaken by the MPO. Additional corridors were suggested by MCRPC staff, MPO Coordinating Committee members and the general public.

Extensive quantitative and qualitative data were used to assess current conditions along the 24 corridors. This information can be found in the CMP Corridor Information section below. The CMP Draft Report Executive Summary gives a concise overview of the Mercer County CMP.

Why is this needed?

The Mercer CMP was born out of the current federal transportation authorization (SAFETEA-LU). This legislation stated that all metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with populations greater than 200,000 are required to develop a CMP. After the 2000 Census numbers arrived (c. 2002), Mercer County became part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA metropolitan area, thus triggering the requirement to develop a CMP. In late 2007, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) instructed our MPO to begin development of a CMP. The following documents are the result of this effort.

How was the CMP funded and who did the work?

The CMP funding is 80% federal, 10% state, and 10% local. The consulting firm Whitman Requardt & Associates was procured to complete the majority of the work, and the MCRPC staff oversaw the consultants’ work and assisted with data collection and various other tasks. PennDOT, FHWA, and SVATS MPO Coordinating Committee members have been involved in the CMP’s progress and offered suggestions on its development. The initial report and data collection are merely the first steps. The success of the CMP will be determined by how actively it is maintained and how the results are used in determining the allocation of funds for improvements. All future updates to the CMP will be the MCRPC staff’s responsibility.

 

CMP Draft Executive Summary

CMP Draft Report

CMP Draft County Wide Summary

CMP Draft Report Appendices

CMP Corridor Information

Tier 1- Interstate

I-80 - CMP Corridor 101

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Eastbound
    Westbound

I-79 - CMP Corridor 102

I-376 (PA60 South of I-80) - CMP Corridor 103

Tier 2 - Regional Arterial

US 62 (Through Sharon & Hermitage - Corridor 201

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

US 62 (Hermitage to Jackson Twp.) - Corridor 202

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

PA 18 (Through Hermitage - Corridor 203

PA 18 (Hermitage to Greenville- Corridor 204

PA 60 - PA760 (North of I-80) Corridor 205

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

US 19 (Springfield Twp. to Mercer) Corridor 206

 Tier 3 - Community Arterials

PA 58 (Greenville to Jamestown) Corridor 301

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Eastbound
    Westbound

PA 58 (Mercer to Grove City) Corridor 302

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Eastbound
    Westbound

PA 358 (Through Greenville) Corridor 303

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Eastbound
    Westbound

PA 208 (Springfield Twp. to Grove City) Corridor 304

SR 3008/East State St. (Sharon to Hermitage) Corridor 305

PA 173 (Through Grove City) Corridor 306

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

PA 418 (Wheatland to Hermitage) Corridor 307

Tier 4 - Community Collectors

SR 3025 - Buhl Farm Dr. (Hermitage to Sharpsville) Corridor 401

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

SR 3014 - Highland Rd. (Sharon to Hermitage) Corridor 402

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Eastbound
    Westbound

PA 518 - Lamor Rd. (Through Sharpsville) Corridor 403

PA 518 - Longview Rd. & Stambaugh Ave. (Hermitage to Sharon) Corridor 404

PA 718 Water Ave. & Connelly Blvd. (Sharon) Corridor 405

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

North Kerrwood Dr. (Hermitage) Corridor 406

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound

PA 258 (Prime Outlets to Mercer) Corridor 407

Georgre Junior Rd. (Grove City) Corridor 408

  • Executive Summary
    Supporting Details
    Google Earth Speed Display Diagrams
    Northbound
    Southbound


    

Update: May 10, 2010

Mercer County Regional Planning Commission
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