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VII. IIPT-TATION Both the Town of Hillsborough and the North Carolina Department of Transportation have responsibility for implemen- tation of the Thoroughfare Plan. North Carolina General Statutes G.S. 136 -66.1 specify which elements of a plan are State re- sponsibility, and which are a municipal responsibility. In general, the State is responsible for those facilities which will be serving major volumes of through traffic and traffic from outside to major commercial, industrial and institutional areas inside a municipality. Facilities which will serve principally internal travel are to be a municipal responsibility. A municipality may share in a portion of the right -of -way cost on projects constructed by the State depending upon the degree of benefits to the municipality and restrictions defined in House Bill 1211 (1987 Session). The recommended construction priorities for improvements suggested in the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan have an estimated total cost of $184,677,000. Declining revenues from gasoline taxes as a result of more efficient vehicles being added to the vehicular fleet and inflated road construction costs have greatly reduced the ability of the State to fund improvement projects. In fiscal year 1988 the State's construction program for Interstate, Rural Primary, Urban System, bridge replacement, and safety improvements was estimated to total $373 million statewide. The needs, however far outweigh the available funding and State and Federal Governments are relying increasingly on city and private sources of funding. Initiative for plan implementation will rest largely with the Town of Hillsborough. Implementation of the plan will not be an easy task. However, there are a number of procedures, resources, and tools available to the Town which can aid in plan implemen- tation. These include city funding, federal revenue sharing or block grants, urban bonds, redevelopment, municipal service district, zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, future street line ordinance, advance purchase of rights -of -way and continued lobbying for State construction of needed facilities which are a State responsibility. Effective and continuing use of available resources, tools, and programs over an extended period of time such as the 20 year planning period can result in the recommended projects being fully developed. A number of the administrative tools, ordinances, and procedures recommended for project implementation may be new to Hillsborough. Many of these tools can be used effectively to make improvements to other elements of the thoroughfare system which would be desirable but were not identified as specific needs. A fuller discussion of these tools, ordinances, and procedures follows: 41