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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT 1 5 Meeting Date: May 5, 1986. Action Agenda Item I F9 SUBJECT: NCDOT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM *************************************************************************** DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No *************************************************************************** ATTACHMENTS: Draft Statement CONTACT: Marvin Collins Chapel Hill Request Carrboro Request TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough Request Hillsborough 732-8181 (To be distributed) Chapel Hill 967-9251 TIP Hearing Schedule Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 . *************************************************************************** PURPOSE: To consider proposed highway improvement requests by the Towns of Chapel Hill , Carrboro and Hillsborough and authorize the Chair of the Board to support the requests before the N.C. Board of Transportation. NEED: The N.C. Board of Transportation adopts annually a multi-year Transportation Improvement Program outlining needed highway improvements and the method and schedule for funding such projects. Prior to adoption of the Program, the Board of Transportation conducts a series of public hearings around the state to obtain advice from local officials and citizens on needed improvements. On May 12, 1986, a public hearing will be held at Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown for officials and citizens from District 7, the district in which Orange County is located. Representatives from each of the municipalities will be presenting their requests for highway improvements to the Board of Transportation. Each year, the Chair of the Board of Commissioners has attended the hearing and spoken in support of each municipality's request as well as other needs which the Commissioners have identified. IMPACT: A coordinated effort to support pp projects within Orange County increases the Likelihood of