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