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O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 5. 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # X-A <br /> SUBJECT: ANNUAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS (STIP & MTIP) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br /> Extension 2595 <br /> - DCHC URBAN AREA MAP TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - 1994 TIP REQUEST Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> - STATUS OF' 1994 TIP REQUEST Durham -688-7331 <br /> - 1997-2003 ( 1995) POSSIBLE TIP REQUESTS Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report on the N.C. Department of <br /> Transportation' s (NCDOT) annual State Transportation <br /> Improvement Program (STIP) and the Durham-Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program <br /> (MTIP) and to assist staff in the identification of <br /> transportation needs for possible inclusion in upcoming <br /> STIP and MTIP requests. <br /> BACKGROUND: Every year the N.C. Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a <br /> multi-year STIP specifying needed transportation <br /> improvements across the state. If a project is outside <br /> the DCHC Urban Area, then the County can request directly <br /> of the BOT that the project be included in the STIP. In <br /> the development of the STIP, a series of statewide public <br /> hearings is held in each of the state' s 14 highway <br /> divisions (Orange County is located in Division Seven) . <br /> The purpose of these public hearings is for the BOT to get <br /> input from the public and elected officials on the <br /> existing STIP ( 1996-2002) projects and proposed projects <br /> for the next STIP ( 1997-2003) . The date and location for <br /> this year' s public hearing has not been set but it is <br /> expected to be in late October. <br /> If a project is inside the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> (DCHC) Urban Area, then that project has to be coordinated <br /> with the other DCHC local jurisdiction requests, also <br /> known as the MTIP. In the development of the MTIP, a <br /> series of meetings is held by the DCHC TAC and TCC to <br /> develop regional transportation priorities. This year' s <br /> process begins with the local jurisdictions submitting <br /> their transportation priorities to the DCHC TCC by October <br /> 15, 1995. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends that the Board receive as <br /> information and identify, as appropriate, transportation <br /> needs for possible inclusion in the County' s 1997-2003 <br /> STIP and MTIP Requests by October 2, 1995. <br />