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29 governing boards to provide policy direction for the planning process, and to improve communications and coordination between the several governmental jurisdictions. The TAC is responsible for (1) review and approval of the UPWP; (2) review and approval of the area Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) which ensures coordination between local and State programs; (3) review of the National Highway System and review and approval of changes to the Functional Classification Designation (as it pertains to the Surface Transportation Program) and Metropolitan Planning • Area Boundary; (4) review and approval of the Prospectus; (5) guidance on transportation goals and objectives; and (6) review and approval of changes to the adopted transportation plan. As required by . North Carolina General Statutes 136-66.2, revisions in the thoroughfare plan must be jointly approved by the local governing boards and the North Carolina Department of Transportation. A Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) , also established by the - - Memorandum of Understanding, is responsible for supervision, guidance, and coordination of the continuing planning process, and for making recommendations to local and State governmental agencies and the Transportation Advisory Committee regarding any necessary action. The TCC is also responsible for review of the National Highway System and for dev.,elopment, review, and recommendation for approval of the Prospectus, UPWP, TIP, Functional Classification Designation (as it pertains to the Surface Transportation Program) , Metropolitan Planning Area Boundary revisions, and technical reports of the transportation study. The membership of the TCC consists of key staff from the municipalities, the Counties, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, Duke University, N. C. Central University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Research Triangle Park Foundation, the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority, the Triangle "J" Council of Governments, and the Triangle Transit Authority. . N. C. Division Administrators for the USDOT will serve as non-voting members of the TCC. The City of Durham Department of Transportation is designated as the Lead Planning Agency (LPA) and is primarily responsible for annual preparation of -the Planning Work Program and Transportation Improvement Program. The "LPA" is the primary local recipient of planning funds received from USDOT for the Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization. Transportation planning work is divided into four elements in the Prospectus according to type of activity: Continuing Transportation Planning, Chapter II Administration, Chapter III Service Functions, Chapter IV Procedural Development, Chapter V The major work tasks are those relating to continuing transportation planning listed in Chapter II . Administrative work 2