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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS <br /> FOR THE BURLINGTON-GRAHAM METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (BGMPO) <br /> REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2016 — 2022 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT <br /> 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 BGMPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the development of a <br /> Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the BGMPO; 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 BGMPO planning area in <br /> 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 BGMPO MTIP. <br /> 1 New 1-85 Frontage Road: Construct a two (2)-lane frontage road on the south side of 1-85 from <br /> Ben Wilson Road to Mattress Factory/West Ten Road. <br /> This project will be submitted as a new highway project to be considered for inclusion in the <br /> BGMPO long-range transportation plan (LRTP) and MTIP as well as the 2016-2022 STIP. <br />