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BUSINESS IMPACTS Addressing the roadway network and access management issues during the planning and development of land in the study area and transportation projects can help a community in various ways. Customers are seeking businesses with unblocked driveways and easy access while businesses are seeking access to signalized intersections and interconnected developments which allow easy access to interstate facilities. Having a plan in place to address the needs of the community is critical to the economic prosperity of the region and ultimately to the State of North Carolina. COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (CTP) The North Carolina Department of Transportation and Orange County adopted the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP), which provides project recommendations for rural areas of the county, in 2013. The Durham‐Chapel Hill‐Carrboro MPO (DCHC MPO) CTP is currently under development and will be adopted in 2017. This plan addressed future transportation needs in the urbanized areas. The Orange County Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will be used to further foster economic development in the Mebane/Buckhorn Economic Development District (EDD). Under State law (N.C.G.S. § 136‐66.2), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and municipalities shall develop Comprehensive Transportation Plans (CTPs) in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). For municipalities and counties, or portions thereof, located within an MPO planning area, the development of a CTP shall be by the MPO in cooperation with the NCDOT. The CTP is not required to be fiscally constrained and no minimum horizon year or update timeframes are specified. The CTP is the element of the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) that identifies transportation needs before fiscal constraint is applied. Under Federal law (23 U.S. Code § 134), MPOs are required to prepare a MTP. The MTP is required to address the federal planning requirements in 23 U.S.C. § 134, which include being fiscally constrained, having a minimum 20 year horizon, and being updated every 4 years in air quality non‐attainment or maintenance areas (every 5 years in attainment areas). It is important to note that the CTP/MTP does not include every road on the highway system. As such, in accordance with G.S. § 136‐66.2, to complement the roadway element of the CTP, municipalities and MPOs may develop a collector street plan and/or include additional projects that may be included in the transportation plan if reasonable additional resources beyond those identified in the financial plan were available to assist in developing the roadway network. The Department of Transportation may review and provide comments but is not required to provide approval of the collector street plan. The CTP and the locally approved collector street plan(s) work together to identify the future transportation system. The street and highway elements of the plans developed pursuant to G.S. § 136‐66.2 shall serve as the plan referenced in G.S. § 136‐66.10(a), which addresses the reservation and dedication of right‐of‐way under local ordinances. Locally approved transportation plans may contain street or highway right‐of‐way alignment and dedication recommendations or requirements, and collectively function as the collector street plan for the MPO or municipality as referenced under G.S. § 136‐66.2. 66