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Attachment 2a — Orange County Transit Plan FY13 Annual Progress Report b) Central and Rural Orange County 5 -Year Bus Service Expansion Program, Including Update on Hillsborough Circulator Orange County Planning staff, in partnership with Triangle Transit staff, is in the midst of preparing a draft Five -Year Bus Service Expansion Program to map out the more specific implementation details of new, enhanced and improved Orange Public Transportation (OPT) services for the central and northern portions of the county. Informed by an extensive public outreach process and analysis of demographic origin- destination data, Orange County Planning staff has developed draft conceptual service expansion recommendations for OPT to be rolled out over the next five (5) years including- 1 ) New demand response routes for the general public connecting users in the northern areas of the county to destinations in Mebane, Efland and Hillsborough; 2) New midday fixed -route service along U.S. 70 from Mebane to Efland to Hillsborough to Durham; 3) Expansion of the daily run times of the existing Route 420 midday fixed - route service between Hillsborough and Chapel Hill and extension of the service north to the future Cedar Grove Community Center; 4) Continuation of the fixed -route Hillsborough Circulator service and the addition of service during the noon hour; and 5) Addition of later senior center routes in the afternoons to transport seniors from the centers to their residences. A list of recommended unfunded priorities will also be provided in the draft Five - year Bus Service Expansion Program. The more precise details of specific service stop times and locations are being refined to optimize connections with other available transit services and schedules at major destinations to be served (i.e., Durham Technical Community College, etc.). Capital improvement projects, such as new or enhanced park- and -ride facilities in Hillsborough and in western Orange County or eastern Alamance County, are also being coordinated in conjunction with the draft program. The program's staff - developed conceptual service recommendations will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) and to the Town of Hillsborough Board of Commissioners in March. A draft of the program with more refined service implementation details will then be brought to the BOCC in April for consideration and approval. It is projected that approved services may begin as early as July 2014. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments