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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORATION BOARD (OUTBoard) <br />ACTIONAGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:February 18, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4b <br />SUBJECT:Planning Staff Comments on the Draft 2016-2025 Statewide Transportation <br />Improvement Program <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1.StaffComments on the Draft 2016- <br />2025 Statewide Transportation <br />Improvement Program <br /> Bret Martin, Transportation Planner, 919-245- <br /> 2582 <br />PURPOSE: Toreview planning staff comments on the draft 2016-2025 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 highway <br />improvements, aviation facilities, public transportation, ferry travel, freight rail, and bicycle and <br />pedestrian facilities. The STIP is the major tool the State uses for the implementation of locally <br />and regionally adopted transportation plans from which projects are conceived for programming <br />consideration.In 2013 and 2014,the State, in conjunction with the metropolitan planning <br />organizations (MPOs) and regional planning organizations (RPOs) throughout the state, <br />completed the prioritization process for the 2016-2025 STIP, which isscheduled to be finalized <br />and adopted in July 2015.The OUTBoard was involved in this process in the summer and fall <br />of 2013 when it recommended for endorsement to the Board of County Commissioners priority <br />lists each for the Burlington-Graham(BG)MPO, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro(DCHC)MPO <br />and the Triangle Area RPO. <br />The 2016-2025 STIP was released in December 2014, which commenced a multi-month open <br />comment period for MPOs, RPOs and the public to reviewand provide feedback on the <br />programming of projects.The first five (5) years of the STIPare considered committed, while the <br />following five (5) years are considered developmental, with those projects in the developmental <br />phase of the STIP being subject to reprioritization in the next iteration of STIP development. For <br />the DCHC MPO, Orange County transportation planning staff and the MPO technical committee <br />have already generated comments on the draft 2016-2025STIPand forwarded those comments <br />to NCDOT. Comments related to Orange County projects that were forwarded to NCDOT are <br />provided in Attachment 1. No comments were generated by staff for projects located within the <br />Triangle Area RPO planning area as staff did not find it necessary to comment on the limited <br />scope of those projects. The sharing of these comments are meant to inform the OUTBoard of <br />transportation planning staff’s concerns and preferences regarding Orange County projects <br />included for funding in the draft STIP. <br />37 <br />ReturntoAgenda