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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 6, 2018 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 -a <br />SUBJECT: Connect 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />1 <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />1. Presentation Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner, <br />2. Items of Regional Interest 245 -2582 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 245 -2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />245 -2592 <br />Theo Letman, OPT Transit Director, 245- <br />2007 <br />PURPOSE: To receive a presentation on the Connect 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan <br />(MTP) for Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and <br />Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization ( CAMPO) from Orange County Transportation <br />Planning staff and provide any comments. <br />BACKGROUND: DCHC MPO and CAMPO are concluding their two -year long planning <br />process, the Connect 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). DCHC MPO and CAMPO <br />approved the transportation projects, financial plan and socioeconomic data for the Connect <br />2045 MTP at their December 13, 2017 meeting. DCHC MPO released the full 2045 MTP report <br />for public comments at its January 10, 2018 meeting for a public comment period that will end <br />on March 2, 2018. The DCHC MPO Board will adopt the Connect 2045 MTP and full report at <br />its March 14, 2018 meeting, following CAMPO's adoption on February 21, 2018. <br />The MTP helps guide transportation investments that address the growth expected in the <br />Research Triangle region. The plan covers an area encompassing both DCHC MPO and <br />CAMPO. It does not simply address current issues but anticipates the future growth of the <br />region. Both MPOs share a common vision in the Connect 2045 MTP: <br />A seamless integration of transportation services that offer a range of travel choices to support <br />economic development and are compatible with the character and development of our <br />communities, sensitive to the environment, improve quality of life and are safe and accessible <br />for all. <br />There has been extensive public and local jurisdictional involvement in developing the plan, <br />starting from CAMPO releasing the Goals and Objectives for public review in November 2015, <br />followed by DCHC MPO three months later. The MTP has been presented to the Orange <br />County Board of County Commissions and Orange Unified Transportation Board at various <br />stages of the planning process including Alternatives Analysis and Preferred Option. As part of <br />