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 Urbanized 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 www.hepmpo.net ; 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.