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~ ~ Q ~ ~ ~ E ~ ~ °~ ~ ~ (~ O ~ 3 Attachment 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2014 - 2020 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for State and Federal funding over the next seven years; -and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2014-2020 Transportation Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the development of the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization; and WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development Districts; and WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow. pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs in an attachment to this resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners the Board endorses the following prioritized list of transportation projects to be considered for the FY 2014-2020 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. 1 TIP Project No. EB-4980, SR 1006 (Orange Grove Road) at Interstate 40: Construct a pedestrian bridge over I-40; construct sidewalk along the north side of Orange Grove Road from the bridge to Timbers Drive. 3 This project is submitted as a Pedestrian project.