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1' ~5~ ~,oo$~v'~ 1 <br />1D ~ ?-aoo~' <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ~ ~ <br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION <br />PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING <br />ORGANIZATION REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2011 - 2017 TRANSPORTATION <br />IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a <br />Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for <br />State and Federal funding over the next seven years; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying <br />transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2011-2017 <br />Transportation Improvement Program; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and <br />bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to <br />projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to <br />those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development <br />Districts; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate <br />bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in <br />reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement <br />bridges with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow <br />pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County. Board of Commissioners <br />that: <br />The Board of County Commissioners endorses the attached list of priority transportation <br />projects to be considered for inclusion in the FY 2011-2017 Metropolitan Transportation <br />Improvement Program. <br />Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Comm~issinner <br />the foregoing resolution as adopted this the ~_ day of IYG~~.008 <br />I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North <br />Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the <br />proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on October 7, 2008, as relates in any way to the <br />adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said <br />Board. <br />WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this ~ ,,day of , 2008. <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners <br />