At the May 2002 monthly NOACA Governing Board meeting, members approved resolutions adopting the NOACA fiscal year 2003 Overall Work Program, a revised Regional Transportation Investment Policy, and the NOACA-funded transportation priorities for fiscal years 2003 and 2004.

• The Overall Work Program (OWP) describes NOACA's planning activities, budgets and products that are planned for SFY 2003 (July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003). The OWP reflects the work of NOACA's staff and includes a diverse range of planning activities, including: Transportation Plan implementation, traffic and roadway studies, air and water quality planning activities, transportation database maintenance, web site maintenance and work access outreach, among other things.
• The NOACA Board, committees and staff use the Regional Transportation Investment Policy (RTIP) as a guide for planning and prioritizing federal-aid transportation improvements. The latest RTIP update contains clearer language regarding project timetables and schedules, more clearly defined Plan project tiers and more flexible high-cost project policies.
• Annually, NOACA receives approximately $40 million in federal funding for transportation improvements in the region. These NOACA-controlled funds are applied, at the Board's discretion, to a diverse array of road, bridge, transit, bicycle, pedestrian and enhancement projects. The NOACA FY 2003 priority list depicts projects ready to be implemented in the upcoming construction season.
• Board members amended the State Fiscal Year 2002-2005 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) to include the following transportation projects, which will utilize NOACA funds:
• Traffic signal upgrade/installation at various intersections along Bagley, Columbia and Sprague Roads in Olmsted Falls
• Purchase of bicycle racks for Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) buses
• Work Access programs that enable GCRTA and Lorain County Transit to offer transportation services to low-income individuals
• Development of a NOACA Regional Pavement Management Program, which will assist the Board in prioritizing the region's preservation projects

Board members also adopted the findings of the Canton-Akron-Cleveland Major Investment Study (MIS). The study looked at a variety of highway and transit improvements that could potentially ease congestion in the travel corridor between the three cities.