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FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this item. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board: <br />1. Review and consider the comments; <br />3 <br />2. Approve the Resolution Providing Comments to the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation Regarding the Draft 2012-2018 State Transportation Improvement Program; <br />and <br />3. Approve the Resolution Providing Comments To the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />Transportation Advisory Committee Regarding the Draft 2012-2018 Metropolitan <br />Transportation Improvement Program. <br />Based on discussion at the February 24 Joint Orange CountylTown of Hillsborough Commissioners <br />meeting, the Board may consider adding some or all of the following comments in the resolutions: <br />• Orange County recognizes the importance of the I-85 widening project to economic <br />development, and urges NCDOT to accelerate Project I-0305A, widening I-85 from I-40 to <br />west of SR 1709, Lawrence Road with reconstruction of interchanges at Old NC 86 and NC <br />86. <br />• The County also. recognizes the importance to economic development of improvements to <br />Buckhorn Road, scheduled for reprioritization in 2012. Orange County urges the NCDOT and <br />the MPO to give due consideration to the need for those improvements in the next STIP and <br />MTIP. <br />• Additionally, MPO transportation projects along I-85 and I-40 corridors need to be prioritized in <br />a synchronized manner. <br />TIP Project I-0305 to widen <br />I-85 consists of two phases: <br />1 Phase A from I-40 to ~~~ psaa~ss ~~ a <br />~~~~~ ~ <br />west of Lawrence Road ~~~ - <br /> <br />includes reconstruction - - ~~ ~RaJECT t-oaos e <br />~~ <br />~;. <br />of the interchanges at <br />Old NC 86 and NC 86. ; _ _ <br />: <br /> <br />2 Phase B from east of :~ <br />Lawrence Road to the <br />Durham County Line <br />includes reconstruction ~~~~o.~EC~r~~c~sP~-sEc <br />of the interchange at US <br /> <br />70. fi <br />~ ~ -~ <br /> <br />TIP Project I-3306 to widen <br />-40 will most likely be _ ~rr~~ P~r~,,FCr ~~~ P,~~~ ~ <br />phased, given the ~~RO ~c~~- <br />~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />constrained financial picture n~~K,as~A <br />_ _ <br />s <br />of recent years. The DCHC =_ ' ~~''~~~ <br />MPO has proposed to <br />construct this project before ~~~ <br />widening I-85. ° °~~ ' 2 ~ ~~~ <br /> <br />