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Highways <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The highway and interchange projects to be included in the Preferred Option are shown in the <br />maps and tables below. Projects were selected based on their ability to promote the MPO’s <br />draft Goals and Objectives and the expected availability of funding. <br /> <br />The MTP designates and funds the highway projects by the decade in which the project will be <br />completed for operation, i.e., current to 2025, 2026 to 2035 and 2036 to 2045. This <br />designation helps demonstrate that the MTP is accountable to the federal fiscal constraint <br />requirement. The North Carolina Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) funding tiers, i.e., <br />St = statewide, Reg = regional or Div = division, are identified to abide by the current state <br />funding process. <br /> <br />For the most part, new and upgraded interchanges are assumed to be part of the highway <br />projects that are listed and therefore are not commonly listed separately. However, the fiscal <br />year 2018-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) has listed eight new or upgraded <br />interchanges as separate projects from the highway project. The 2045 MTP highway map and <br />table show these as separate projects, as well. <br /> <br />Highway Map <br /> <br />The highway map on the next page shows the proposed highway improvements for the 2045 <br />MTP. An interactive online map is also available at the Preferred tab on the 2045 MTP Web <br />page: www.bit.ly/DCHC-MTP <br /> <br />The DCHC MPO adopted a multimodal Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) in May 2017, <br />which contains a larger set of proposed projects because the CTP is not fiscally-constrained. <br />See the interactive online map called Highways and Intersections at the following link to view <br />the CTP highways that were considered for possible inclusion in the 2045 MTP: <br />www.bit.ly/DCHCMPO-Adopted-CTP <br /> <br />Highway Table <br />The highway table breaks the projects into the three funding decades, i.e., 2025, 2035 and <br />2045, and then lists them alphabetically. <br /> <br /> <br />Page 16 <br />Technical Committee 10/25/2017 Item 5 33