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5 <br /> The Boards can discuss issues related to these items as necessary, and staff will <br /> be available at the meeting. <br /> No Attachments <br /> d) Tourism and Arts (in coordination with Orange County Visitors <br /> Bureau/Hillsborough Visitors Center/Tourism Board/Arts Commission/etc.) <br /> The Boards can discuss issues related to these items as necessary, and staff will <br /> be available at the meeting. <br /> No Attachments <br /> 3. Transit/Transportation <br /> This subject area provides the opportunity for the two governing boards to discuss the following <br /> items: <br /> a) Managing transportation/traffic impacts of new growth (Transportation <br /> Improvement Plan Churton Street/Orange Grove Road update**; Rail Station <br /> update**; circulator route update**; Go Triangle bus routes*; interstate <br /> improvements and `by-pass' strategies*, Mayo-Eno Mountain project*; other <br /> traffic mitigation projects*) <br /> NCDOT has Kimley Horn under contract to design this project. Some preliminary <br /> meetings were held last year. The alignment of the road has not yet been <br /> determines. The best crossing type and location for the railroad is being <br /> evaluated. Once that is determined, the remainder of the project will be more <br /> certain. The project reschedule is unchanged in the draft Transportation <br /> Improvement Plan (TIP) with Right of Way scheduled in 2020 and construction in <br /> 2023. <br /> The rail station remains a committed funded project. There are some studies and <br /> computer modelling requested by Norfolk Southern and the NC railroad whenever <br /> a new passenger station is proposed to determine the potential impacts on freight. <br /> The timing and necessity of these studies has not yet been settled among all the <br /> parties. <br /> The NCDOT Rail staff have suggested that the two new incoming administrations <br /> at the state and federal level get settled in the first quarter of 2017 before any <br /> further forward motion on this project occurs. It is expected there will be a <br /> meeting with Rail Division staff in March to receive an update. <br /> OPT Service Expansion Status: <br /> • New Approved Services (June 2017) <br /> — Efland-Hillsborough Commuter Loop <br />