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�- 3- i� <br /> RES-2014-039 7<J <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RECONFIGURATION OF ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY <br /> TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING <br /> ORGANIZATION (TARPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2016 — 2022 STATEWIDE <br /> TRANSPORTATION 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, North Carolina has established Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) to coordinate <br /> regional transportation planning in rural areas in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation (NCDOT); <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member of the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) <br /> charged with developing and prioritizing proposed transportation projects that the RPO believes <br /> should be included in the STIP; <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 NCDOT to design all highway projects, where <br /> appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of <br /> transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and 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 previously outlined its transportation needs within the TARPO planning <br /> area on November 19, 2013; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has reconfigured its transportation project priorities in ranked order within <br /> the TARPO planning 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 in the TARPO planning area to <br /> supersede the transportation project priority list for the TARPO planning area previously approved by <br /> the Orange County Board of Commissioners on November 19, 2013, for consideration in the the FY <br /> 2016-2022 TARPO regional priority list: <br /> 1 NC 54 Wideninq: Widen NC 54 from Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to Old Fayetteville Road <br /> (SR 1937/1107) from a two (2)-lane undivided thoroughfare to a four (4)-lane divided <br /> boulevard type thoroughfare. <br />