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RES-2017-027 Resolution Endorsing OC's List of Transportation Projects, etc.
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5/2/2017
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Agenda - 05-02-2017 - 8-k - Resolution to Endorse Orange County’s Draft Transportation Project Lists for the Burlington-Graham and DCHC MPOs and the TARPO (2020-2029)
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RES--Oqm�- Z)a,) pl�F 5__62_0q&19 <br /> 9k <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S LIST OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS <br /> FOR THE BURLINGTON-GRAHAM AND DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN <br /> PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS (BGMPO AND DCHC MPO) AND THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL <br /> PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF INCLUSION IN THE 2020 —2029 <br /> STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a Statewide <br /> Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to be implemented <br /> over the next ten years with State and Federal funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and <br /> regional importance to be included in the FY 2020-2029 STIP; and <br /> WHEREAS, the BGMPO and TARPO Transportation Advisory Committees and the DCHC MPO <br /> Board are charged with the development of a Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program <br /> (MTIP) or regional priority list; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the BGMPO, TARPO and DCHC MPO; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to <br /> transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize <br /> adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster <br /> economic development in the County's designated Economic Development Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian <br /> traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and <br /> related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with <br /> sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along <br /> any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs within the BGMPO, TARPO and <br /> DCHC MPO planning areas in attachments to this resolution; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the <br /> Board endorses the following list of transportation projects to be submitted for scoring by the State <br /> and to ultimately be considered for inclusion in the FY 2020-2029 STIP. <br /> Burlington-Graham MPO: <br /> 1) Mattress Factory Road Interchange: Construct a new interchange at the existing grade- <br /> separated crossing of Mattress Factory Road and 1-85/1-40. <br /> 2) Mattress Factory Road Extension to U.S. 70: Extend Mattress Factory Road northward across <br /> East Washington Street and the NCRR/Norfolk Southern railroad right-of-way to intersect U.S. <br /> 70 and close the existing railroad crossover road connecting East Washington Street and U.S. <br /> 70 approximately 240 feet to the east of the intersection of Mattress Factory Road and East <br /> Washington Street. <br />
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