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On June 2 the BOCC considered a resolution endorsing transportation projects within <br />DCHC MPO, BGMPO, and TARPO planning areas for State scoring and ultimate <br />consideration of inclusion in the 2018-2027 STIP. <br />For reference, a map of Orange County Transportation Planning Jurisdictions is provided <br />as Attachment 1. <br />DCHC MPO Projects <br />Under the DCHC MPO process, fourteen (14) new projects for each mode (highway, public <br />transit, bicycle/pedestrian, rail) are allowed to be submitted to the prioritization process. <br />Public input will be solicited during the later stages of the process.DCHC MPO will then <br />perform a quantitative analysis to rank all of the projects, ultimately determining the final <br />priority ranking for submission to the SPOT P4.0 process, along with the list of carry-over <br />projects from SPOT 3.0. The project list seen and recommended by the OUTBoard and <br />BOCC last year (May and June, 2015) originally had seventeen (17) projects. Through the <br />DCHC MPO review process and taking the input of the MPO and the division into account, <br />this list was decreased to 14 projects, with six (6) of them relating to interstate <br />improvements. The DCHC MPO/Orange County project list and associated map is provided <br />in Attachment 2. NCDOT is currently in the process of scoring each of these projects, and <br />quantitative project scores are anticipated from NCDOT this month. The process will then <br />continue as previously described. <br />DCHC MPO Combined Project List (Carry-Over from SPOT 3.0 and New) <br />Carry-Over Projects: <br />Map ID Project <br />1 Add additional lanes on I-40 from I-85 to NC 86 <br />2 Add additional lanes on I-40 from NC 86 to US 15/501 <br />3 Improve interchange at I-40 and NC 86 <br />4 Widen SR 1009 (South Churton Street) to multi-lanes with landscaped median, bicycle lanes, <br />and sidewalks from I-40 to Eno River, widen Bridge No. 240 over Southern Railroad. <br />5 Improve interchange at I-85 and SR-1009 (South Churton Street) <br />6 Orange Grove Road Extension (Orange Grove Road to US 70A) with sidewalks and bicycle <br />lanes <br />7 Improve intersection of NC 54 and Neville Road <br />New Projects: <br />Map ID Project <br />8 Widen NC 86 from US 70 Bypass North to NC 57 to four lanes with a median and improve <br />intersections <br />9 Construct new interchange to accommodate increased traffic at I-85 and NC 86 <br />10 Construct new section of SR 1184 (Eno Mountain Road) to align with SR 1192 (Mayo Street) <br />11 Reconstruct Interchange to allow for full movements at US 70 and the US 70 Connector <br />12 Widen one lane in each direction on I-85 from west of Mt. Herman Church Road grade <br />separation to west of Durham County Line <br />16