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22 <br /> o Old NC-86 modernization with wide paved shoulder from Hillsborough to <br /> Eubanks Road, <br /> o Lebanon Road, just intersection improvements for safety, no widening <br /> o Mebane Oaks Road, a project we would coordinate with Mebane <br /> • Manager recommends the Board approve the list of transportation projects for <br /> submission to MPO/RPO <br /> He said he is happy to go over the presentation if the Board would like and answer any <br /> questions or concerns they may have. <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 - 1-3306A: I-40 Widening from I-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 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 /> priorities prior to submission to the respective MPO/RPO. Each MPO/RPO has its own unique <br /> process for determining which limited number of projects it submits to NCDOT. <br /> • DCHC MPO will only submit projects listed in the adopted MTP <br /> • TARPO will establish a subcommittee to determine which projects to submit <br /> • BG MPO uses a multi-criteria process to determine which projects to submit <br /> Before MPO/RPO Boards approve the projects for submission, they will conduct a 30 day public <br /> comment period and public hearing. <br /> SPOT 6.0 Project List— Staff and OUTBoard Recommendations <br /> Based on changes to MPO/RPO SPOT project selection processes, staff is recommending <br /> Orange County transportation priorities also change so that projects may compete better. Staff <br /> has also met with member jurisdictions in Orange County to identify specific corridors they <br /> would like addressed through SPOT/STIP or other funding opportunities. These changes and <br /> potential corridors are provided as staff recommendations for Orange County Transportation <br /> Priorities (Attachments 1 - 3). Many Orange County 2017 transportation priorities are carried <br /> forward and highlighted in Green. Possible new priorities are provided in .,a, qu. <br />