About NFRMPO

History

In 1988, Governor Roy Romer designated the North Front Range Transportation & Air Quality Planning Council (NFRT&AQPC) as a metropolitan planning organization (MPO). The original seven voting members, plus the then State Highway Commissioner, were joined in 1993 by four other municipalities and the State Air Quality Control Commission.

Governor Romer designated the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) as the lead air quality planning organization for the North Front Range in 1993, giving the voting members (Planning Council) additional responsibilities in transportation-related air quality planning.  It was at this time that the organization used NFRMPO as their organization name.  By 2007, four more local governments had joined the MPO, bringing local government membership to fifteen.

The NFRMPO is a public agency whose funding comes through federal, state, and local government sources. The goal of the NFRMPO is to enhance mobility and air quality within northern Colorado.  This goal is achieved by developing cooperative, working relationships and financial partnerships among member governments, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and other public agencies as well as the private sector.