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22 <br /> 1 The Board considered voting to approve a resolution endorsing lists of Orange County <br /> 2 transportation projects to the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO), <br /> 3 Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> 4 Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) for Strategic Prioritization of Transportation <br /> 5 (SPOT)/Strategic Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). <br /> 6 Nishith Trivedi said a copy of the SPOT 6.0 presentation is at the Commissioners' <br /> 7 places, and in an effort to save time, he will review the key points presented in the abstract. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 The main points are: <br /> 10 • NCDOT and MPO/RPO are about to start the next round of SPOT process and we must <br /> 11 identify potential projects for submission to MPO/RPO by March. That is why this is time <br /> 12 sensitive. <br /> 13 • Each MPO/RPO has unique processes for selecting limited number of projects they can <br /> 14 submit to NCDOT and they must complete their work by this summer. <br /> 15 • You have three attachments with maps, one for each MPO/RPO with a list of potential <br /> 16 projects, with staff and OUTBoard recommendations. <br /> 17 • All previous County Priorities for SPOT 5.0 are being carried forward as highway <br /> 18 projects rather than bike/ped projects and 6 new potential projects have been identified: <br /> 19 o US-70 widening due to high crash incidents, increasing traffic, and strategic <br /> 20 freight corridor <br /> 21 o NC-86 widening from north of Hillsborough to Caswell County <br /> 22 o Old NC-86 modernization with wide paved shoulder from Hillsborough to <br /> 23 Eubanks Road, <br /> 24 o Lebanon Road, just intersection improvements for safety, no widening <br /> 25 o Mebane Oaks Road, a project we would coordinate with Mebane <br /> 26 Manager recommends the Board approve the list of transportation projects for <br /> 27 submission to MPO/RPO <br /> 28 He said he is happy to go over the presentation if the Board would like and answer any <br /> 29 questions or concerns they may have. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 <br /> 32 BACKGROUND: Biennially, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a ten <br /> 33 year STIP that funds and schedules transportation projects throughout the state for all modes <br /> 34 of transportation. The STIP implements Metropolitan and Rural Planning Organization's <br /> 35 (MPO/RPO) adopted Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) and Metropolitan <br /> 36 Transportation Plan (MTP). The CTPs and MTPs are used by MPO/RPOs to determine which <br /> 37 projects are submitted for considered in the STIP using the SPOT process. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 SPOT 5.0/STIP FY 2020-2029 <br /> 40 Orange County has thirty-nine (39) projects in SPOT 5.0. This includes its member jurisdictions <br /> 41 - Hillsborough, Mebane, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. Eight of them have been funded, and those <br /> 42 projects are: <br /> 43 • TIP - 1-3306A: I-40 Widening from I-85 to US 15/501 <br /> 44 • TIP - 1-5984: 1-85 at NC-86 Interchange upgrade <br /> 45 • TIP - 1-0305: 1-85 Widening from Orange Grove Road to Durham County <br /> 46 • TIP - U-5304A, B, D, E, F: US 15/501 improvements from NC-86 to 1-40 (Chapel Hill) <br /> 47 <br /> 48 SPOT 6.0 Schedule and Process— FY 2022-2031 <br /> 49 Between July 1, 2019 — September 30, 2019, MPO/RPOs across the state will submit their <br /> 50 limited number of projects— based on their population and total centerline miles —to the North <br />