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3 <br /> 1 percent. The Town of Hillsborough will provide the local match of about $22,000 for the <br /> 2 remaining years, while the County will operate the service at no additional cost to the Town. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 The route serves various residential areas around Hillsborough, as well as the Library; <br /> 5 Orange County Courthouse; Social Services Center at Hillsborough Commons Shopping <br /> 6 Center; The Shops at Daniel Boone; UNC Family Practice; Durham Technical Community <br /> 7 College satellite campus; Hampton Pointe and Meadowlands Business Park. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The Hillsborough Circulator route was redesigned in October 2011 based on input from <br /> 10 users. An additional stop was added at South Nash and Calvin Streets. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Attachment 1-b—Hillsborough Circulator Route Map <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Craig Benedict said that there is an interlocal agreement in place with Orange County <br /> 15 and the Town of Hillsborough for the circulator bus route through Hillsborough. It has been <br /> 16 going for about six months. One modification to the route is the addition of Nash Street. He <br /> 17 gave some ridership numbers: July—517, August—702, September—637, October—609, <br /> 18 November—559, and December—642. The cost is $57/hour, which is reasonable. The <br /> 19 program is being reviewed every month. The funding for this is primarily covered by CMAQ <br /> 20 grants for a few years. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 c) Traffic Studies of Hillsborough <br /> 23 <br /> 24 The Town has completed an access study in downtown Hillsborough as a follow-up to <br /> 25 abandoning the Elizabeth Brady Road project. The study was jointly funded by the Town and <br /> 26 the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) to find small projects to address congestion and <br /> 27 vitality downtown. The attachments list the guiding principles of the study, detail the three <br /> 28 smaller areas within the study area, and outline recommended improvements throughout the <br /> 29 study area. The Town Board is scheduled to discuss the plan in detail, including any possible <br /> 30 implementation, at its February 27th workshop (which follows the budget retreat). The Town <br /> 31 welcomes any feedback from Orange County as an important property owner in the study area <br /> 32 since no feedback was provided during the public outreach portion of the planning process. <br /> 33 The implementation plan is still being prepared, but the Town expects projects to be grouped to <br /> 34 make incremental improvements that are related and build on one another. At this point, the <br /> 35 Town does not expect any group of projects to require Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) <br /> 36 funding, but instead be able to be funded through small urban projects and Surface <br /> 37 Transportation Program-Direct Apportionment (STP-DA) funding. Support and cooperation will <br /> 38 be needed from Orange County to implement some of these projects and improve the <br /> 39 walkability and relieve some traffic congestion in downtown. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 The attached document provides background information for the discussion. Staff will <br /> 42 provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss issues related to this <br /> 43 item as necessary. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 Attachment 1-c—Hillsborough Downtown Access Study Excerpt <br /> 46 <br /> 47 Hillsborough Planning Director Margaret Hauth said that she would present this plan <br /> 48 north to south. She said that the reason they did this was because there are traffic issues <br /> 49 downtown. The northern section is from US 70 to Corbin Street. The section from Corbin <br /> 50 Street to Tryon Street is residential. From Tryon Street to the river is the commercial part of <br />