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15 <br /> <br />Criteria Maximum Points <br />(Highway) <br />Maximum Points <br />(Non-Highway) <br />MTP Prioritization 2 <br /> Project planned for near-term (by MTP 2025 Threshold) 2 <br /> Project planned for mid-term (by MTP 2035 Threshold) 1 <br /> Project planned for long-term (by MTP 2045 Threshold) 0 <br />Consistent with Adopted Regional or Local Plan 2 <br />Preliminary Engineering or Engineering Study Completed or <br />Underway <br /> 1 <br />Allocation of local tax revenues through a DCHC-member <br />jurisdiction voter supported referendum 1 1 <br />DCHC-member jurisdiction demonstrates local funding towards <br />progress in project 1 <br />Project complements non-highway transportation facility 1 1 <br />Project supports Environmental Justice Community of Concern 3 1 1 <br />TOTAL MAXIMUM 6 6 <br /> <br />All projects will be ranked based on their score using the rubric above. The rankings will be used to <br />inform TC and Board members regarding allocation points using the method described in the next <br />section. <br /> <br />Allocation of Local Input Points <br />Projects deemed to be of top priority to the MPO will be assigned the requisite amount of points <br />necessary in order to maximize the project’s chances of receiving funding through the SPOT process. <br />NCDOT assigns the number of local prioritization points for each MPO, RPO, and Division based on the <br />area’s population. DCHC MPO has been allocated 1,800 points for both the Regional Impacts (Regional) <br />and Division Needs (Division) categories for Prioritization 5.0. Each MPO, RPO, and Division can assign a <br />maximum of 100 points and a minimum of 4 points to each project. <br /> <br />For the MPO’s 1,800 Regional Local Input Points, DCHC MPO will assign points to Regional projects <br />among modes and project types according to the distribution below. The distribution below has been <br />structured to reflect the funding goals of the MPO’s adopted MTP and the number of eligible Regional <br />category projects in each mode. Statewide projects that cascade down to the Regional category will <br />generally not be assigned Regional Local Input Points unless the project cost is less than $5 million. The <br />MPO Board and TC may deviate from this policy on a case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />• 800 points to Highway <br />• 500 points to Public Transit <br />• 500 points could be assigned to any mode and project type <br /> <br />For the MPO’s 1,800 Division Local Input Points, DCHC MPO will assign points among modes and project <br />types according to the distribution below. The distribution below has been structured to reflect the <br />funding goals of the MPO’s adopted MTP and the number of eligible Division category projects in each <br />mode. Statewide and Regional projects that cascade down to the Division category will generally not be <br />assigned Division Local Input Points unless the project cost is less than $5 million. The MPO Board and <br />TC may deviate from this policy on a case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />2 Use designations in 2045 MTP as it will be adopted by the time local allocation points are assigned. <br />3 For the purposes of this Methodology, an Environmental Justice Community of Concern is an Overlapping <br />Community of Concern as identified in the 2014 DCHC MPO Environmental Justice Report. <br />13