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27 <br /> WHEREAS, the BGMPO and TARPO Transportation Advisory Committees and the DCHC MPO <br /> Board are charged with the development of a Metropolitan Transportation Improvement <br /> Program (MTIP) or regional priority list; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the BGMPO, TARPO and DCHC MPO; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and <br /> bridges, to transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects <br /> that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those <br /> projects that foster economic development in the County's designated Economic Development <br /> Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of <br /> Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate <br /> bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in <br /> reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges <br /> with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian <br /> passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all roads, bridges, and rights-of- <br /> way so as to protect ecosystems and non-renewable resources; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs within the BGMPO, TARPO <br /> and DCHC MPO planning areas in attachments to this resolution; and <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that <br /> the Board endorses the following list of transportation projects to be submitted for scoring by the <br /> State and to ultimately be considered for inclusion in the FY 2022-2031 STIP. <br />