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1 <br />O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date May 6 1991 <br />SUBJECT: DCHC TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- Revised TAC Roster <br />- 3 -13 -91 memo and attachments <br />to Dr. Alice Gordon <br />- Revised funding schedule for <br />Regional Bicycle Plan <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # VZI- <br />PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x—No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br />Ext. 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 --9251 <br />PURPOSE: To report the results of the April 24, 1991 meeting <br />of the Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro (DCHC) Urban Area <br />Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting. <br />BACKGROUND: There were two items of particular interest to Orange <br />County considered at the TAC meeting. These were <br />action on Orange County's TIP request and an update on <br />the status of the proposed Regional Bicycle Plan. <br />The major item of interest on the County's TIP request <br />was withholding endorsement of widening US 15 -501 <br />(Project R -942) from Morgan Creek to the Chatham <br />County line until such time as equal consideration was <br />given to a connector road from US 15 -501 to I -40. <br />The Chapel Hill Town Council had also requested that <br />the project be removed from the TIP until the <br />connector issue was addressed. Other TAC members and <br />DOT staff expressed concern at the removal of the <br />project stating that funding might be forever lost if <br />the project was removed. A compromise was finally <br />reached wherein the TAC voted unanimously to request <br />that the State Board of Transportation move all <br />actions related to R--942 back a year on the funding <br />schedule. During this time, Chapel Hill,. Orange <br />County, Chatham County, and DOT representatives will <br />attempt to reach a compromise. <br />The second item of interest from the County's TIP <br />request was stormwater best management practices <br />(BMPs) along Orange County's Interstate corridors <br />