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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 19, 2017 Action <br />Agenda Item <br />No. 5.a. <br />SUBJECT: Draft Orange County MPO and RPO Transportation Project Lists <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.Funded P4.0 Projects Map <br />2.Table of P4.0 Projects <br />3.DCHC MPO Project List and Map <br />4.TARPO MPO Project List and Map <br />5.B-G MPO Project List and Map <br />6.P4.0 Carryover Projects <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Max Bushell, Transportation Planner, <br />919-245-2582 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />919-245-2592 <br />PURPOSE: To consider and recommend to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) <br />transportation projects for the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO), <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) MPO, and the Triangle Rural Planning Organization <br />(TARPO) to be submitted for consideration of inclusion in the 2020-2029 Statewide <br />Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). <br />BACKGROUND: Biennially, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a multi- <br />year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) containing funding and scheduling <br />information for transportation projects throughout the state including those for highways, aviation <br />facilities, public transportation, ferry travel, freight rail, and bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The <br />STIP is the major tool the State uses for the implementation of locally and regionally adopted <br />transportation plans from which projects are conceived for programming consideration. In 2015 <br />and 2016, the State, in conjunction with the metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and <br />rural planning organizations (RPOs) throughout the state, progressed through the prioritization <br />process for the 2018-2027 STIP, which is scheduled to be finalized and adopted by the North <br />Carolina Board of Transportation in July 2017. <br />2020-2029 STIP <br />The State is once again beginning the process of developing the 2020-2029 STIP, which is <br />scheduled to be finalized and adopted in July 2019, and will be requesting local input for <br />transportation project lists to be submitted through each local government’s respective MPO or <br />RPO. <br />Strategic Mobility Formula <br />Implicit in this process is the application of the Strategic Mobility Formula (SMF), developed as <br />part of the Strategic Transportation Investments (STI) legislation adopted in 2013. The SMF <br />uses an updated scoring methodology that institutes some changes to the inputs and weights <br />used to rank projects for consideration and inclusion in the STIP. Although the development of <br />this slightly modified methodology has not yet been finalized by the North Carolina Department <br />of Transportation (NCDOT) Strategic Planning Office of Transportation (SPOT) Working Group, <br /> 9