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9 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> Orange Unified Transportation Board <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 16, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4.a. <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Transportation Priority List for SPOT 6.0 / FY 2021-2030 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 /> Supervisor, 919-245-2579 <br /> Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br /> 919-245-2592 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on a <br /> list of transportation priorities for consideration in Strategic Prioritization of Transportation <br /> (SPOT) / Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). <br /> BACKGROUND: Biennially, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT) adopts a ten <br /> year Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that funds and schedules <br /> transportation projects throughout the state for all modes. The STIP implements Metropolitan <br /> and Rural Planning Organizations (MPO/RPO) adopted Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br /> (CTP) and Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The CTP and MTP are used by MPO/RPO <br /> to determine which projects are submitted for considered in the STIP using the Strategic <br /> Prioritization of Transportation (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, these <br /> projects are: <br /> • TIP - 1-3306A: 1-40 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 1-40 (Chapel Hill) <br /> SPOT P6.0 Schedule and Process <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 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 process requires <br /> the Board of County Commissioners (BPCC) approve the list of County transportation priorities <br />