2045 Regional Transportation Plan Update

H-GAC is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the eight-county Houston-Galveston Transportation Management Area (TMA). This area is home to over 7.2 million people in the eight-counties of Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery and Waller and the 132 cities within them.

Updated every 4-years, the H-GAC Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) guides major transportation investments year by year through the year 2045. The recommended investment total approximately $109 billion dollars and includes more than 750 unique projects that are sponsored locally by 63 different public entities.

This federally required and fiscally constrained strategic planning document describes the MPO's current transportation vision, goals, and planning strategies. It also describes the current conditions and desired future transportation system in eight-county region.

The RTP Update was adopted by the Transportation Policy Council on April 28, 2023. The document along with its appendices can be viewed at the right.