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This policy gives NCDOT the opportunity to consider paying for non-highway improvements as facilities within improved highway projects through NCDOT’s new Cost Share (section 6 of the new Complete Street Implementation Guide): • In CTP – NCDOT pays full – pedestrian and on road bicycle facility, side path, greenway crossing, bus pull out, bus stop (pad only) • Not in CTP but Needs Identified – NCDOT pays full – on road bicycle facility, all other’s costs shared by local jurisdiction using new percent cost-share based on population. o Needs Identified are non-highway projects in locally adopted plans (e.g. local bike/ped or transit plans) • Betterment – Local jurisdictions pays for all non-highway improvements. o Section 6.3 describes this as “A requested bicycle, pedestrian or public transportation improvement that exceeds the recommendations appearing in an adopted plan and/or exceeds the needs identified through the project development process” The following changes were made to DCHC MPO’s 2045 MTP so that NCDOT may pay for non- motorized improvements: • Shared Use Paths (SUPs): SUPs are the safest and most attractive bicycle/pedestrian facility for many major arterial roads. The draft highway table indicates which roadways should have a SUP by displaying an asterisk with the project number. • Premium Transit Corridors: Premium transit service is needed in several corridors such as the former Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit (D-O LRT) corridor and the corridors that connect with Wake County Bus Rapid Transit projects (BRT). These corridors are described in draft Section 7.3. • Other Changes: Draft Section 7.1 and 7.5 has policy changes related to roadway access and appropriate bicycle/pedestrian facilities on arterial roadways. This amendment package is focused on a very limited number of major arterial roads, and it did not take into consideration the entire transportation network. On January 13, 2020, DCHC MPO staff held a Technical Subcommittee meeting with all local jurisdiction staffs to discuss possible CTP Amendments in light of NCDOT’s new Complete Street Implementation Guide and the amended MTP. Since this meeting, Orange County Transportation Planning staff has completed multiple analyses of the County’s transportation network and continues coordinating and collaborating with local jurisdictions, MPO and NCDOT staff to consider if other changes should be made to the CTP for a more comprehensive amendment. Currently BG MPO, DCHC MPO and NCDOT have agreed that the recommendations identified in the Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management Plan – Adopted April 2019 – will be considered as part of the CTP Amendment. Though, the MPOs and NCDOT have not agreed to add other projects to the amendment list, staff sees this as an opportunity to get other non- motorized improvements incorporated into the CTP utilizing the NCDOT’s new Complete Street Policy. Methodology: Orange County staff analysis identified potential problems and determined possible amendments to the highway section of the CTP. This evaluation was based on the following: • Environmental Justice (EJ) - Environmental Justice Report – adopted August 2020 o County level analysis with County thresholds for each EJ criteria are incorporated into the report 6