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RES-2014-040 " 3" <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE RECONFIGURATION OF ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY <br /> TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br /> METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (DCHC MPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR <br /> THE 2016—2022 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, the DCHC MPO Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with the development of <br /> a regional priority list and Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the DCHC MPO; 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 previously outlined its transportation needs within the DCHC MPO <br /> planning area on November 19, 2013; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has reconfigured its transportation project priorities in ranked order by <br /> mode within the DCHC MPO 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 by mode in the DCHC MPO <br /> planning area to supersede the transportation project priority list for the DCHC MPO planning area <br /> previously approved by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on November 19, 2013, for <br /> consideration in the FY 2016-2022 DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP. <br /> Highway Projects: <br /> 1 Orange Grove Road Extension: Extend Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from the east side of <br /> South Churton Street (SR 1009) to U.S. 70 Business. <br /> This project was submitted and scored as a reprioritized highway project to be considered for <br /> inclusion in the DCHC MPO regional priority list and MTIP as well as the 2016-2022 STIP. <br />