The Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization (HEPMPO) is the federally designated regional transportation planning body for the urban area covering Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia, Washington County, Maryland, a small portion of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and a small portion of Frederick County, Virginia. We invite you to search our website, review the information, and provide us with your feedback regarding transportation issues facing the region today and in the future.
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Meetings
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- April 2, 2025, 5:00pm
Eastern Panhandle Transit Development Plan Public Meeting (Charles Town)
Virtual Option
Meeting Presentation
Meeting Recording - April 3, 2025, 5:00PM
Eastern Panhandle Transit Development Plan Public Meeting (Martinsburg)
Virtual Option
Meeting Presentation
Meeting Recording - April 15, 2025, 5:00pm
Harpers Ferry High Street Project
Public Informational Meeting - April 23, 2025, 5:00pm
Hagerstown Safety Action Plan Public Meeting
Virtual Option - May 21, 2025, 10:30am
Technical Advisory Committee - May 21, 2025, 1:30pm
Interstate Council - August 20, 2025, 10:30am
Technical Advisory Committee - August 20, 2025, 1:30pm
Interstate Council - October 15, 2025, 10:30am
Technical Advisory Committee - October 15, 2025, 1:30pm
Interstate Council
- April 2, 2025, 5:00pm
Announcements
PUBLIC NOTICE: The Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle MPO and the City of Hagerstown hereby notify all interested persons that the DRAFT Hagerstown Safety Action Plan is available for comment and review. The DRAFT Plan is a comprehensive safety plan aimed at reducing and eliminating serious-injury and fatal crashes affecting all roadway users in the City of Hagerstown.
The public comment period will be from April 2 to May 2, 2025. Those persons wishing to review the draft study will find copies on display at the Washington County Free Library-Hagerstown, download a copy at here, or may request a copy by contacting the HEPMPO office, located at 33 W. Washington St., Suite 402, Hagerstown, MD 21740. Business hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Questions and all written comments should be directed to Matt Mullenax at 240-313-2081, mmullenax@hepmpo.net or at the office address. Only written comments will be accepted.
To comment online visit: www.hepmpo.net/contact. In addition, a public meeting on the DRAFT Plan will be held on April 23, 2025 from 5:00-6:30pm at the Washington County Free Library-Hagerstown in Conference Room 334. This meeting includes a virtual option. A formal presentation will be posted online and given at the public meetings.
PUBLIC NOTICE: The Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization (HEPMPO), in partnership with the Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority (EPTA), hereby notifies all interested persons of potential service changes for consideration into the Draft Transit Development Plan will be presented for public review and comment. EPTA is currently undergoing a Transit Development Plan update effort to better utilize existing transit resources and determine ways to expand public transit coverage within and beyond its existing service area in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, WV over the next five years.
Two public meetings on the proposed service changes will be held in the area from 5:00-6:30pm: (1) April 2 – Charles Town Library in County Commission Meeting Room and (2) April 3 – Martinsburg Police Department in George Karos Community Room. Both meeting have a virtual option to join. A formal presentation will be posted at www.hepmpo.net and given at the public meetings. The public comment period will begin on Wednesday, April 2, 2025 and end on Friday, May 2, 2025. An online public survey is available as well.
Written comments may be mailed to the EPTA’s office (446 Novak Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25405), sent via email to info@eptawv.com or online at www.hepmpo.net/contact. Only written comments will be accepted. Questions should be directed to Elaine Bartoldson at (304) 263-0876 extension 8455.
PUBLIC NOTICE: The Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle Metropolitan Planning Organization (HEPMPO) hereby notifies all interested persons that the proposed FY 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) for the Hagerstown, MD-WV-PA-VA Urban Area, that is in Washington County, MD and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, WV, is available for review and comment. The UPWP identifies transportation planning activities for highway, transit and other related services that are to be conducted during the 2026 fiscal year in the metropolitan planning area.
Copies of the draft UPWP are available online at the website here; on display at the Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Library, and the Charles Town Library.
The public comment period will begin on Friday, April 18, 2025 and end on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Written comments may be mailed to HEPMPO, Attn: Deb Eckard, 747 Northern Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21742, sent via e-mail to mmullenax@hepmpo.net or submitted online at www.hepmpo.net/contact. Only written comments will be accepted. Questions should be directed to Matt Mullenax at 240-313-2081.
PUBLIC NOTICE: The Hagerstown/Eastern Panhandle MPO hereby notifies all interested persons that proposed revisions to the Public Participation Plan (PPP), that is in Washington County, MD and Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, WV, are available for review and comment. The PPP outlines the process for involving the public in the MPO’s transportation planning and programming activities.
The public comment period will begin on March 28, 2025 and end on May 20, 2025. Copies may be obtained on the MPO website here; and are on display at the Washington County Free Library, Martinsburg-Berkeley County Library and Charles Town Library.
Written comments may be mailed to the HEPMPO’s office (c/o Deb Eckard, 747 Northern Avenue, Hagerstown, MD 21742), sent via email to mmullenax@hepmpo.net or submitted on-line at www.hepmpo.net/contact. Only written comments will be accepted. Questions should be directed to Matt Mullenax at (240) 313-2081.
