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PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Administration <br />(919) 245-2575 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) <br />www.orangecountync.gov <br />131 W. Margaret Lane <br />Suite 201 <br />P. O. Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br /> TO: Board of County Commissioners <br /> FROM: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor <br />Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner <br /> DATE: March 20, 2018 <br /> SUBJECT: Online Interactive Tool - Transportation Projects Map and <br />Website Update <br /> <br />This memorandum from Orange County Transportation Planning staff is to inform the <br />Board of County Commissioners of the Draft Transportation Projects Map and website <br />update. <br /> <br />The Draft Transportation Projects Map is used as an internal and external information <br />tool identifying all transportation projects planned and programmed, from concept <br />through construction. The map is divided into planned and funded projects for the <br />various regional transportation planning organizations in Orange County: <br /> <br />Planned Projects - Projects must first be illustrated as a line on a map, in order to be <br />considered for any Federal or State funds, typically in an adopted Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan (CTP). Projects with detailed scope, termini, cost, administration <br />etc. advance into the agency’s financially constrained Metropolitan Transportation <br />Plan (MTP). These projects are also identified on the map, with the exception of <br />Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO), which is not required to adopt <br />an MTP. <br /> <br />Funded Projects - The map also identifies state approved projects that are <br />scheduled to receive funding through North Carolina Strategic Transportation <br />Investment (STI) Law. These projects are illustrated as adopted 2018-2027 Strategic <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP), from SPOT 4.0. Projects awaiting <br />funding approval through 2020-2029 STIP, from SPOT 5.0, are also illustrated on <br />the map as submitted projects. Other significant projects relevant to Orange County <br />are also illustrated but not submitted due to STI process restrictions. <br /> <br />You can access this map from the following link: <br />http://orangecountync.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Transportation Projects Map <br /> <br />This map is currently being made user friendly so users (general public, advisory board <br />members, elected officials, etc.) can stay informed of transportation efforts throughout <br />the county. Future map improvements will seek to include ways the public can submit <br />online comments on any specific project or in general. <br /> <br />1