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this first strategic transportation initiative funding formula, maybe staff can figure out how to <br /> move a project up. He said an interchange cannot be done without doing a full widening of I- <br /> 85. He said if you can keep it in a 10 year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) you are <br /> better off than if it is pushed out 15-20 years. <br /> Chair Jacobs said he thinks that the new formula and the focus on regional projects <br /> indicates the interstates in Orange County may be addressed more quickly. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said her understanding is that the prioritization 3.0 scoring <br /> formula puts interstates in a higher tier and makes this project more likely to receive favorable <br /> consideration. <br /> Kathleen Ferguson asked what can be done to increase prioritization. <br /> Craig Benedict said each year Orange County and other jurisdictions put in their priority <br /> list. He said this is pulled together, and the priorities have to be co-mingled. He said the DOT <br /> then looks at the list and considers their regional priorities. He agrees that interstates could <br /> move up in importance. He said it is important to vie to keep it high in the MPO priority list. <br /> Margaret Hauth said staff has gone through the submission of local priorities and are <br /> now waiting on the DOT to score it. She said that the last step is for the County and Town to <br /> lobby for as many points as possible to be put on Interstate 85. <br /> Kathleen Ferguson asked if there was anything else. <br /> Margaret Hauth said that is the only step left to be done. <br /> Commissioner McKee said the more aligned the affected governmental entities are, the <br /> better the chance of getting the project approved. <br /> Commissioner Price said she thinks, based on the TARPO meetings, that because 1-85 <br /> connects the economic development areas, this will be prioritized at the state level. She asked <br /> about the status of the bridge. <br /> Craig Benedict said the bridge on new 86 would be widened as part of the project. He <br /> said the one on Churton Street would be a completely new bridge. <br /> Margaret Hauth said these will both be new bridges, in part because there are widening <br /> projects for both 86 and South Churton Street that are waiting for 1-85 to be widened in order <br /> to properly configure the interchanges. <br /> Craig Benedict said the points system is not just internal to the MPO. He said the <br /> projects rated in the MPO have to vie against other MPO's. He said there is competition for <br /> money to come to division 7. He said the re-negotiation will be an important step, and <br /> decisions may have to be made about where to put the chips in the MPO. <br /> 2. Transit <br /> a) Update on Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) <br /> Implementation <br /> Craig Benedict noted that Eric Langfried was in attendance from Triangle Transit. <br /> Craig Benedict said the Orange County Bus and Rail Investment Plan (OCBRIP) was <br /> approved by the BOCC in June 2012 and in November 2012 voters approved a one-half cent <br /> sales tax to implement the program. He said this plan addresses a variety of transportation <br /> modes including: the Amtrak station; the bus rapid transit along the Martin Luther King corridor; <br /> the light rail project; as well as the additional bus service hours, which is the focus tonight. He <br /> said the bus service hours will be available to three bus providers: Orange Public <br /> Transportation (OPT), Triangle Transit Authority (TTA), and Chapel Hill Transit. He said the <br /> monies are now becoming available from the half cent sales tax and the $7 vehicle tag fee. <br /> He said there will be another $3 regional tag fee by the first part of next year. <br /> He said the amount of hours available for new service over the next 4 years will be <br /> about 30,000 hours. He said Chapel Hill runs about 200,000 hours per year, and OPT runs <br />
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