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INFORMATION ITEM 1 <br /> PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br /> Administration 131 W. Margaret Lane <br /> (919) 245-2575 Suite 201 <br /> (919) 644-3002 (FAX) 0 RA"Si III ,' I II II U w„ VU a P. O. Box 8181 <br /> www.orangecountync.gov RI,:)1 M Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> lair k1 y a AUIIIV <br /> `1 , 'yl �.�, �° f✓ �v' r /� ////1; + G <br /> „ (11\1� 1 "�„ I IPI' w ” <br /> M <br /> gyp 111 sir i 1111 "�1 IINi uNr 1104 h <br /> ,rr <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of County Commissioners <br /> FROM: Max Bushell, Orange County Transportation Planner <br /> DATE: September 6, 2016 <br /> SUBJECT: INFORMATION ITEM — State Transportation Improvement <br /> Program Regional Impact Funding Tier Project Prioritization <br /> ATTACHMENT 1: DCHC MPO Projects Flow Chart <br /> The Strategic Planning Office of Transportation (SPOT) recently released the funding <br /> decisions for transportation projects in the Regional Impact funding tier as part of the SPOT <br /> Prioritization 4.0 (P4.0) process. <br /> Orange County Regional Impact Tier Projects <br /> Both the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) <br /> and the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) project priority lists included <br /> projects eligible for funding in the Regional Impact funding tier of the SPOT prioritization <br /> process P4.0. No projects eligible for funding in the Regional Impact funding tier are <br /> included in Orange County's portion of the Burlington-Graham MPO (BG MPO) jurisdiction. <br /> Of these projects, only the I-40/NC 86 Interchange Improvements project just north of <br /> Chapel Hill was selected for inclusion in the 2018-2027 State Transportation Improvement <br /> Program (STIP). <br /> Cascading Projects <br /> As per the policy of the DCHC MPO, no projects are allowed to cascade to lower funding <br /> tiers. The TARPO policy, however, does allow projects to cascade between funding tiers. <br /> For the Orange County projects within the TARPO planning area, both the NC 54 <br /> Operational Improvements project and the NC 54 and Orange Grove Road Intersection <br /> Improvements project cascaded to the Division Needs funding tier from the Regional <br /> Impact funding tier. It is anticipated that both of these projects will receive Local Input <br /> Points from TARPO. <br /> Next Steps <br /> Neither BG MPO nor TARPO has formally approved the assignment of Local Input Points <br /> to projects in the Division Needs tier, though Local Input Points were assigned for all <br /> projects before submitting projects for consideration at the Regional Impact level. Both <br /> TARPO and BG MPO will assign Local Input Points during the month of October at the <br />