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jllo , ~!!-a,, 3 <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 2014 - 2020 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 2014-2020 <br />Transportation Improvement Program; and <br />WHEREAS, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee is charged <br />with the development of the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />(DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization; 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; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs in an attachment to this <br />resolution; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners the <br />Board endorses the following prioritized list of transportation projects to be considered for the <br />FY 2014-2020 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. <br />1 TIP Project No. EB-4980, SR 1006 (Orange Grove Road) at Interstate 40: Construct a <br />pedestrian bridge over I-40; construct sidewalk along the north side of Orange Grove <br />Road from the bridge to Timbers Drive. <br />This project is submitted as a Pedestrian project. <br />