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6 <br />What is a CTP? <br />(Comprehensive Transportation Plan) <br />• Updated process for transportation planning <br />- Orange County Thoroughfare Plan, 1990 (not adopted) <br />• Long-range (25-30 years) <br />• Multi-modal <br />• Fiscally unconstrained (no funding or priorities) <br />• Purpose/Objectives... <br />- Reduce traffic congestion and improve safety <br />- Identify existing and future problem areas <br />- Generate information decision-makers can use to guide <br />future transportation dec~~deons 5 <br />What is a CTP? <br />• Incorporates local interests, community goals, and <br />statewide needs in one common plan <br />• Developed by steering committee with representation from <br />NCDOT, Orange County planning, OUTBoard, and Triangle <br />Area RPO <br />- Coordination with surrounding MPOs and counties <br />• Adopted/endorsed at 3 levels <br />- County (adoption) <br />- MPO/RPO (endorsement) <br />- State (adoption) <br />Slide 6 <br />3 <br />