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e9 - _z <br /> RES-2013-101 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS <br /> FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br /> (DCHC MPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2016 — 2022 TRANSPORTATION <br /> IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a Statewide <br /> Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to be implemented <br /> over the next seven years with State and Federal funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and <br /> regional importance to be included in the FY 2016-2022 STIP; and <br /> WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the development of <br /> a regional priority list and Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the DCHC MPO; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to <br /> transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize <br /> adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster <br /> economic development in the County's designated Economic Development Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian <br /> traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and <br /> related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with <br /> sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along <br /> any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs within the DCHC MPO planning <br /> area in an attachment to this resolution; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the <br /> Board endorses the following prioritized list of transportation projects to be considered for the FY <br /> 2016-2022 DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP, and the Board may reprioritize the following list <br /> of transportation projects as more information becomes available in the following months. <br /> 1 Orange Grove Road/1-40 Pedestrian Bridge: Construct a pedestrian bridge over 1-40 alongside <br /> Orange Grove Road (SR 1006), construct a sidewalk along the north side of Orange Grove <br /> Road (SR 1006) from the pedestrian bridge to Timbers Drive, construct sidewalks along both <br /> sides of New Grady Brown School Road with a midblock crossing, and construct a sidewalk <br /> along one side of Oakdale Drive from Cheshire Drive to Orange Grove Road. <br /> This project will be submitted as a new pedestrian project for consideration of inclusion in the <br /> DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP as well as the 2016-2022 STIP. The project will be <br /> submitted as a Safe Routes to School (SRTS)-eligible project; however, if it is not funded as <br /> an SRTS project, the County will be required to commit a 20% local match. <br />