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<br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4.a. <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization 2045 <br />Metropolitan Transportation Plan Alternatives Analysis <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. PowerPoint Presentation <br />2. MTP Local Input Meetings <br />3. OUTBoard 2012 Comments <br />4. Orange County Highway Projects <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />Andy Henry, MPO Senior Transportation <br />Planner, 560-4366 (x36419) <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />919-245-2592 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To receive a presentation from Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (MPO) staff on the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) <br />Alternatives Analysis. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The DCHC MPO is responsible for long range transportation planning for <br />Durham County and parts of Orange and Chatham Counties and is updating its MTP. The <br />MTP, which is required by Federal law, recommends major transportation projects, policies and <br />strategies designed to maintain existing transportation systems and serve the region's future <br />travel needs. The Plan must be fiscally constrained, which means that projected revenues must <br />cover the anticipated costs. Projects must be in the 2045 MTP to receive any state and federal <br />transportation funding through the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Projects <br />are drawn from the MTP and put forward to the State’s prioritization process for inclusion in the <br />STIP, which is a 10-year funding program. <br /> <br />Alternatives Analysis <br />An Alternative is a combination of a transportation network, which includes a set of highway, <br />transit and other transportation improvements, and a land use scenario that depicts the <br />distribution of population and employment for the year 2045. These Alternatives are then <br />analyzed using the Triangle Regional Model (TRM) which forecasts future travel statistics based <br />on assumptions concerning the highway network, transit service and other transportation <br />facilities. It is very unlikely that one of the Alternatives in its entirety would be advanced as the <br />Preferred Option. Most likely, the final MTP will be a combination of the various Alternatives. <br /> <br />Due to the length and depth of the Alternatives Analysis, staff has prepared a presentation <br />(Attachment 1) that summarizes some key areas of interest to Orange County. Greater detail <br />on the Analysis and other process components can be found on the DCHC MPO website: <br />http://www.dchcmpo.org/programs/transport/2045mtp.asp#tabs7 <br /> <br /> 23