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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 5, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Transportation Priority List for SPOT 6.0 / FY 2022-2031 STIP <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Projects in TARPO Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner, <br /> 2. Projects in DCHC MPO 919-245-2582 <br /> 3. Projects in BG MPO Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br /> 4. Draft Resolution Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br /> Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919- <br /> 245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution endorsing lists of Orange County transportation projects to <br /> the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO), Triangle Area Rural <br /> Planning Organization (TARPO) and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization (DCHC MPO) for Strategic Prioritization of Transportation (SPOT)/Strategic <br /> Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). <br /> BACKGROUND: Biennially, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a ten <br /> year STIP that funds and schedules transportation projects throughout the state for all modes of <br /> transportation. The STIP implements Metropolitan and Rural Planning Organization's <br /> (MPO/RPO) adopted Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) and Metropolitan <br /> Transportation Plan (MTP). The CTPs and MTPs are used by MPO/RPOs to determine which <br /> projects are submitted for considered in the STIP using the SPOT process. <br /> SPOT 5.0/STIP FY 2020-2029 <br /> Orange County has thirty-nine (39) projects in SPOT 5.0. This includes its member jurisdictions <br /> - Hillsborough, Mebane, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. Eight of them have been funded, and those <br /> projects are: <br /> • TIP - I-3306A: I-40 Widening from 1-85 to US 15/501 <br /> • TIP - 1-5984: 1-85 at NC-86 Interchange upgrade <br /> • TIP - 1-0305: 1-85 Widening from Orange Grove Road to Durham County <br /> • TIP - U-5304A, B, D, E, F: US 15/501 improvements from NC-86 to I-40 (Chapel Hill) <br /> SPOT 6.0 Schedule and Process— FY 2022-2031 <br /> Between July 1, 2019 — September 30, 2019, MPO/RPOs across the state will submit their <br /> limited number of projects — based on their population and total centerline miles — to the North <br /> Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for inclusion in SPOT 6.0. These projects must <br /> be approved by their respective Boards prior to submission. Orange County's process requires <br /> that the Board of County Commissioners (BPCC) approve the list of County transportation <br />