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i 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 3. 1996 Action Agenda Item#—X-8 SUBJECT: ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS(STIP & MTIP) DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X—No BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell, Planner III, Ext. 2589 • DCHC Urban Area Map • 1995 TIP Request TELEPHONE NUMBERS: • Status of 1995 TIP Request Hillsborough- 732-8181 • DRAFT 8-7-96 Planning Board Minutes Durham- 688-7331 Mebane- 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To receive a report on the NC Department of Transportation's (NCDOT)annual State Transportation Improvement Program(STIP)and the Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program(MTIP) and to assist staff in the identification of transportation needs for possible inclusion in upcoming STIP and MTIP requests. BACKGROUND: Every year the State Board of Transportation(BOT)adopts a multi-year STIP specifying needed transportation improvements across the state. If a project is outside the DCHC Urban Area,then the County can request directly of the BOT that the project be included in the STIP. In the development of the STIP, a series of statewide public hearings is held in each of the state's 14 highway divisions (Orange County is located in Division Seven). The purpose of the hearings is for the BOT to receive input from the public and elected officials on the existing STIP (1997-2003)projects and proposed projects for the next STIP (1998-2004). The public hearings are held in October and November, but the specific dates and locations have not been determined yet.