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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT. <br /> Meeting Date: October 19, 1993 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # -e, <br /> SUBJECT: NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES X NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - TIP Hearing Schedule <br /> - County Objective specific to TIP Carol Carter, Ext.2595 <br /> - Draft 9/7/93 BOCC Minutes Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 <br /> - Staff evaluations of priority projects <br /> - Proposal for presentation at <br /> NCDOT Public Hearings TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider endorsement of an Orange <br /> County priority list for presentation <br /> before the North Carolina Board of <br /> Transportation at the annual <br /> Transportation Improvement Program <br /> Public Hearings scheduled for 10/28/93 . <br /> BACKGROUND: The N.C. Board of Transportation adopts <br /> annually a multi-year TIP outlining needed <br /> transportation improvements and the method <br /> and schedule for funding such projects. <br /> Prior to adopting the program, a series of <br /> statewide public hearings are held in each <br /> of the state's 14 highway divisions to <br /> obtain input from local officials and <br /> citizens. Orange County is located in <br /> Division 7 along with Alamance, Guilford, <br /> Rockingham, and Caswell counties. The <br /> public hearing for Division 7 is scheduled <br /> for Thursday, October 28, 1993 in <br /> Jamestown. <br /> On September 7, 1993 the Transportation <br /> Planner presented a list of <br /> potential projects which could be <br /> included on the Orange County priority <br /> list for funding consideration by NCDOT <br /> through the TIP. The Commissioners <br /> narrowed down the recommendations to <br />