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14 <br /> 1 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) developed every 2 years. <br /> 2 MPOs/RPOs currently working with local governments to prioritize projects for 2016- <br /> 3 2022 STIP. <br /> 4 STIP contains funding/scheduling information for projects conceived from <br /> 5 locally/regionally adopted transportation plans. <br /> 6 Projects last prioritized and submitted from Orange County in 2011. <br /> 7 Local government priority lists serve dual role: official project submission list and guide <br /> 8 for assigning local input points. <br /> 9 Changes to State funding and project selection policies and criteria affecting Orange <br /> 10 County project priorities. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Identified Issues with State's Previous Funding Structure <br /> 13 Fragmentation of funding among regions 4 discontinuity and fragmentation of projects. <br /> 14 Difficult to implement projects of statewide significance when money is not required to <br /> 15 be spent on those projects. <br /> 16 Not a need-based distribution of funding. <br /> 17 North Carolina ranks 47/50 among all states for revenue per lane mile of responsibility, <br /> 18 requiring more efficient need-based approach. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 How the Strategic Mobility Formula will work (graphic) <br /> 21 Regions and divisions (map) <br /> 22 Previous Scoring Methodology- Highway Mobility (table) <br /> 23 Previous Scoring Methodology- Highway Modernization (table) <br /> 24 New Scoring Methodology- Highway (table) <br /> 25 Previous/New Scoring Methodology- Bike/Pedestrian (table) <br /> 26 However, Regions and Divisions Can Devise Their Own Scoring Criteria (table) <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Highway Project Implications For Orange County <br /> 29 Less local input influence. <br /> 30 More emphasis on congestion and benefit/cost favors added capacity projects on higher <br /> 31 volume thoroughfares. <br /> 32 Low-cost highway projects with profound travel time and congestion relief benefits will <br /> 33 score well. <br /> 34 Highway projects not adding capacity will not score well. <br /> 35 Projects of statewide or regional significance (I-40, I-85, NC 86, NC 54) will be eligible <br /> 36 for more money than projects of local significance (South Churton Street, Orange Grove <br /> 37 Road extension, etc.) and will not have to rely as much on the power of local input points <br /> 38 to get them funded. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Bike/Pedestrian Project Implications for Orange County <br /> 41 Require 20% local match and must be locally administered. <br /> 42 Right-of-way will not be an included cost to NCDOT. <br /> 43 No highway modernization projects means bike projects previously submitted as <br /> 44 highway projects (>$1,000,000) will not score well with new formula and will have to be <br /> 45 submitted as bike/pedestrian projects to receive funding. <br /> 46 More emphasis on safety, utilitarian demand, access and connectivity for <br /> 47 bike/pedestrian projects 4 Favors more urban contexts. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Staff's Approach/Strategy for Ranking/Prioritizing Projects <br />