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•""'~`''• Chapter 9: Transportation Element <br />~. <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 -~~atta~-; <br />8 •- <br /> <br />9 ~; <br /> <br />10 •- <br />11 <br />12 <br /> <br />13 ~- <br /> <br />14 <br />is <br />16 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />18 ~1 -5-pt~~a~--; <br />19 <br />20 The Trian_g!e Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) coordinates <br />21 the transportation planning in the rural areas of ()range County and <br />22 Chatham County outside the Metropolitan Boundary Area and for all <br />23 of l.ee and Moore Counties. (See Map 9-1.) Triangle J Council of <br />24 Governments is the administrator and lead planning agency for the <br />2s TARPO, .and coordinates transportation plans and programs and <br />26 /and use policies and programs in the four-county planning area <br />27 The -general purpose and responsibilities of the Rural Planning <br />28 Organization are to: <br />29 <br />30 7. Develop long-range local and regional multi-modal <br />31 transportation Alans in cooperation with the area Metropolitan <br />32 Planning Or_ganizafions (MPOs) and the NCDOT. <br />33 <br />34 2. Provide a forum for public participation in the rural <br />3s transportation planning process. <br />36 <br />37 3. Develop and prioritize suggestions for transportation proiects <br />3s that the RPO believes should be included in the State <br />39 ~ Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). <br />40 <br />41 4, Provide transportation-related information to local governments <br />42 and other interested organizations. <br />43 <br />©~'a:t~u~iCcrc,utity Co~w~v~e~~f''T,ciw Public Hearing Draft 5-6-08 Page 9-6 <br />