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| | Transportation Planning |
 | | The VCOG is the Transportation Planning Agency for the Valley Planning Region, responsible for directing the transportation planning activities contained in its Unified Planning Work Program, and contracting with federal, state, and local agencies to receive and disperse planning funds to carry out planning activities contained in its work program. |
 | | The transportation planning process in the Bridgeport-Stamford Urbanized Area is carried out through cooperative relationships between area municipalities, regional planning organizations, regional transit operators, state transportation agency (Connecticut Department of Transportation), state air agency (Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection), and federal transportation agencies (Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration). |
 | | The Regional Transportation Plan for the four Valley towns of Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, and Shelton is designed to meet future mobility needs and is consistent with the Regional Plan of Development, as well as municipal conservation and development plans. |
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