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o EJ criteria are: Percent of Blacks, Minority, Hispanic/Latino, Elderly, Poverty, Zero- Car Households and Limited English Proficiency within each U.S. Census Block Group. • Transit - 2017 Orange County Transit Plan and Update o Roads with transit routes and potentially funded projects (e.g. Chapel Hill North South Bus Rapid Transit and its possible extension to Hillsborough and other jurisdictions) • Freight - Regional Freight Plan – adopted May 2019 o Roads identified as Strategic Freight Corridors or have freight volume data • Traffic - Triangle Regional Model (TRM) – adopted March 2019 o Roads scheduled to reach Level of Service D-F (>1.0) based on 2045 Volume/Capacity • Crash Study – Safety Analysis, Severity Analysis and Bike/Ped Crashes o NCDOT point crash data; plus o NCDOT combined score (Density + Rate + Severity / 3); plus o NCDOT High Frequency Crash Locations (HFCL); plus o Orange County Hotspots The CTP identifies projects by their Status as either: • Existing – no improvement • Need Improvement – possible project • Recommended – actual project While unidentified improvements are covered in Chapter 2 of the CTP, no clear path forward was ever determined due to variety of reasons, some of which may be insufficient information, absence of any recommendation, or a lack of agreement or consensus, among others. Staff recommends the list of projects (Attachment 1) be added to DCHC MPO CTP Amendment list. Attachment 2 is the detail projects sheets of these recommendations and other Orange County CTP projects considered in DCHC MPO planning area. Summary of Attachment 1: • In CTP – #1 – 13 – Staff is not recommending any changes to current CTP. However, future highway improvements should consider all Complete Street opportunities. • Not in CTP – #14 – 24, 27, and 30 – Staff is recommended these CTP amendments so that they may qualify for Complete Street consideration. o Cross Section 2A – 60’ right-of-way, 12’ travel lane, 5’ paved shoulder o Cross Section 2E – 60’ right-of-way, 11’ travel lane, bike lane and sidewalk o Complete Street forms would be submitted requesting side path and transit be considered should such projects move to MTP and be submitted for future Strategic Prioritization of Transportation (SPOT) process. Even with COVID, like the Great Depression and the numerous Recessions, development continues to occur, and an increasing number of people will always use automobile as their primary means of travel. While these periods in time had significant impact on NCDOT funding, development continues to occur in Orange County and surrounding areas, leaving it to local jurisdictions to plan for its future. The following developments are on the books in Orange County: • Collins Ridge residential subdivision 7