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15%4! <br /> ORANGE C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date May 4. 1987 <br /> Action nda <br /> Item • <br /> SUBJECT: NCDOT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> ACTION BY: MAY 4. 1987 _ <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X_ No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Collins <br /> Chapel Hill Request <br /> Carrboro Request (Draft) <br /> Hillsborough Request <br /> TIP Hearing Schedule <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To endorse proposed highway improvement requests by the Towns of <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro and authorize the Chair of the Board to <br /> support the requests before the N.C. Board of Transportation. <br /> BACKGROUND: The N.C. Board of Transportation adopts annually a multi-year <br /> Transportation Improvement Program outlining needed highway <br /> improvements and the method and schedule for funding such <br /> projects. Prior to adoption of the Program, the Board of <br /> Transportation conducts a series of public hearings around the <br /> state to obtain advice from local officials and citizens on <br /> needed improvements. <br /> On May 6, 1987, a public hearing will be held at the Technical <br /> College of Alamance Auditorium in Haw River for officials and <br /> citizens from District 7, the district in which Orange County is <br /> located. Representatives from each of the municipalities will <br /> be presenting their requests for highway improvements to the <br /> Board of Transportation. Each year, the Chair of the Board of <br /> Commissioners has attended the hearing and spoken in support of <br /> each municipality' s request as well as other needs which the <br /> Commissioners have identified. <br /> A coordinated effort to support projects within Orange County <br /> increases the likelihood of specific projects being included in <br /> the Transportation Improvement Program, particularly when <br /> improvement needs are great and funding resources limited. <br /> RECOMMEND: Authorize Commission Chair to attend Transportation Improvement <br /> Program hearing and speak in support of improvement needs <br /> identified by municipalities as well as the County. <br />