Agenda - 04-27-2017 - 1 - Consideration of the Final Draft Durham – Orange Light Rail Cost Sharing Agreement and Final Draft Orange County Transit Plan

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35 Orange County Transit Plan April 25, 2017 2. Status of Projects and Services from �y 2012 Plan Based on the initial financial and programmatic assumptions, � the original Plan approved new bus services and a variety of bus �� v facilities such as shelters and park-and-ride lots, an Amtrak intercity rail station in Hillsborough, dedicated bus lanes along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Chapel Hill, and light rail service connecting Chapel Hill and Durham over a period of 20 years.These projects were proposed to be paid for, in whole or in part, by the Tax District Revenues authorized by the Plan and In addition, as local governments and transit agencies have by the affirmative vote on the levying of the Tax District further developed the capital projects included in the original Revenues by Orange County residents. Plan,they have recommended changes in the projects to better meet the region's transit needs, often resulting in increased Since the adoption of the original Plan and implementation of estimated costs. More information about project funding and the Tax District Revenues to support the Plan, the transit planned expenditures can be found in Sections 4 and S. agencies in Orange County have already delivered many of the planned bus services and made significant progress developing This Section summarizes the progress made by local transit the Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project. agencies to advance projects and services included in the At the same time, however, the transit funding landscape has original Plan since its adoption, and is organized as follows: shifted significantly. Most transit investments, from large . Bus Service Expansion investments (like light rail projects) to smaller projects (like bus o Service within the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro stops and bus vehicle purchases), are made using a o Regional Service combination of federal, state, and local funding. State o Service within Hillsborough and Orange County government also provides funds to support transit operating and maintenance expenses. In developing its program of • Bus Facilities projects, the original Plan relied on long-standing assumptions • Hillsborough Train Station related to the level of federal and state participation in transit • North-South Bus Rapid Transit Project projects. Since 2012, however, federal and state funding for • Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project individual transit projects has been reduced. Final Page 11 of 65