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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 3, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Draft 2006 — 2012 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Draft 2006 -2012 TIP for Orange County <br />2, Changes Between the 04 -10 TIP and <br />Draft 06 -12 TIP <br />3, LPA Comparison of TIP Project Changes <br />Between the 2004 -2008 TIP and 2006- <br />2012 TIP for DCHC MPO Local <br />Supplement (2 tables) <br />4. Comparison of Draft 2006 -2012 TIP and <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) NO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 <br />Karen Lincoln, Trans. Planner, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732 -8181 <br />968 -4501 <br />688 -7331 <br />336- 227 -2031 <br />Orange County Priority List <br />PURPOSE: To receive information regarding the Draft 2006 — 2012 Transportation <br />Improvement Program (TIP) for Orange County and direct staff regarding comments. <br />BACKGROUND: The North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) released the Draft STIP <br />April 6, 2005, for a two -month public comment period ending .tune 3, 2005, The STIP is a <br />seven -year program for scheduling and funding transportation projects throughout the state, <br />and is updated every two years. <br />NCDOT, prior to BOT approval of the final STIP in July, will hold a series of eight regional <br />meetings across the state to seek comments from citizens and answer questions about the draft <br />document, The Division 7 Draft 2006 —2012 STIP Comment/Draft 2007 —2013 STIP Input <br />Meeting will be held May 16, 2005, at the Kernersville Municipal Council Chambers, 134 East <br />Mountain Street, Kernersville, NC at 2:00 p.m. (1.00 p.m. registration), <br />Citizens may also submit comments by e -mail from the Draft TIP site, www.ncdot.orq /,tip, or by <br />mailing comments to: NCDOT TIP Development Unit, 1534 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. <br />27699 -1534. The final 2006 -2012 TIP will be presented to the Board of Transportation for <br />approval on July 7, 2005, <br />Attachment 1 (pp 3 -15) is the Draft TIP for Orange County, including Chapel Hill Transit projects <br />and Triangle Transit Authority Projects in Orange County, <br />Attachment 2 (pp 16 -18) shows changes between the 2004 -2008 TIP and Draft 2006 -2012 <br />STIP for Orange County for bridge, interstate, rural and urban highway, bicycle and pedestrian <br />and high hazard projects, Changes are noted in the "Comments" column and new projects are <br />shaded in gray. <br />