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as well as an updated scoring methodology that institutes some changes to the inputs and weights used to rank /prioritize projects for consideration of inclusion in the STIP that differ from the inputs and weights used for the development of the 2016 -2025 STIP. The scoring methodology is known as Strategic Planning Office of Transportation (SPOT) scoring. The last iteration of project scoring was known as SPOT 3.0, and the next iteration of project scoring is known as SPOT 4.0. Although the development of this slightly modified methodology has not yet been adopted by the North Carolina BOT, it is important to note that these changes may have some implications for the projects Orange County has previously submitted and will likely be submitting in this next iteration of project prioritization. Further information on the SMF is accessible using the following weblink: http: / /www.ncdot.ov/ download / strategict ransportationinvestments /Strategic ob�ormula Fact Sheet.pdf Further information on the BOT- recommended scoring /ranking methodology for the last iteration of STIP development (SPOT 3.0) is accessible using the following weblink- http://www.ncdot.gov/do n load /strateictransportation investments /Prioritization. pdf Proiect Submission Timeline Based on the State's timeline for the adoption of its final 2018 -2027 STIP, any new projects, project deletions from the existing database, or changes to project descriptions are to be entered into the new database in October for scoring by the State. The lists currently under consideration by the BOCC contain all of the projects Orange County will submit for scoring against the NCDOT- adopted scoring criteria. Once scores for each project are received, later in 2015 or early in 2016 the BOCC will be given the opportunity to rank the projects for each MPO and RPO in priority order to act as a guide for both Technical Comm ittee/Transportation Coordinating Committee and Transportation Advisory Committee /MPO Board representatives from Orange County to strategize /prioritize their assignment of local input points to projects during each organization's respective internal local input process. The Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) considered and recommended to the BOCC the attached project lists for BGMPO, TARPO and DCHC MPO (Attachments 2, 4 and 6) at its May 20th meeting. Maps depicting the geographic locations of the proposed projects for each respective MPO /RPO planning area are provided as Attachments 3, 5, and 7. Proiect Inclusion Methodoloq Generally for all three (3) project lists, the starting point for staff was to carry forward those projects submitted as the County's project priorities from the last iteration of project prioritization in 2013 and 2014 that have a prior history of scoring and ranking through Orange County's and the MPO /RPO ranking processes. However, some modifications were made to the lists. Project deletions and explanations of the reasons for their deletion are provided in the tables that follow the project list description tables in Attachments 2, 4 and 6. New projects are noted in Attachments 2, 4 and 6 in the "SPOT 3.0 Score" column in the project list description tables. * *NOTE * *: Staffs original recommendation to the OUTBoard for the NC 54 project on the TARPO list was to submit either the widening of NC 54 (from Orange Grove Road to Old Fayetteville Road and a separate widening project from Dodsons Crossroads /Butler Road to Old Fayetteville Road) OR a less significant and impactful project along the same corridors involving alternative operational improvements that may address some existing congestion, safety, and