How to Interact with NOACA

There are lots of ways for citizens to express their views to NOACA.

• Talk to your locally elected officials who serve on our board. Our board membership includes mayors, county commissioners, the Cuyahoga County executive, city council members, county council members, county engineers and others. They are your elected representatives, and they are NOACA’s decision-makers. Making your views known to them is a very direct and practical way to influence NOACA.
  
  
• We welcome agenda-relevant public comment at board and committee meetings. Nearly all these meetings are public meetings, and the time, place and agenda for these meetings is available on our calendar in the “What’s New” section of our website. Please arrive a few minutes early to sign in.
  
  
• Email us. The easiest and most obvious way to submit comment is through the Contact Us link on our home page.
  
  
• You can comment on projects that are being considered for funding through our Project Planning Review page (available from the home page), which includes information on projects being considered for board approval. That page includes a link for public comments, which we always welcome. We are now working with a consultant to create a GIS based online platform for Project Planning Review, which will offer much more detailed project information and opportunity for public comment. That system will be available soon.
  
  
• We are also now working to develop our long-range transportation plan, which will be completed in 2013. As we develop this important, federally required planning document, we will be soliciting public opinion and hosting public meetings. We’ll post notice of those meetings in local newspapers and on our home page. We welcome your participation.
  
  
• In the coming months, we will have a new website and more online tools for interaction. Please check back regularly for updates. You can also sign up on our Home Page for our E- newsletter, NOACA Connections, to get regular updates on NOACA.