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7 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 18, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5.b. <br /> SUBJECT: Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization Comprehensive <br /> Transportation Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> None Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner, 919- <br /> 245-2582 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive information on the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization (BG MPO) Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) and ask questions as <br /> needed. <br /> BACKGROUND: The CTP is the first step in determining an area's transportation network <br /> vision, goals, objectives and the projects necessary to achieve them. Orange County's CTP is <br /> split among Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), <br /> Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) and BG MPO; each MPO/RPO adopts <br /> CTPs on different schedules and with unique processes for subsequent updates and <br /> amendments. <br /> BG MPO has tasked the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) with updating <br /> its CTP. In Orange County, the area around Mebane is within BG MPO's planning area and <br /> included in the CTP. Orange County transportation planning staff submitted recommendations <br /> included in Orange County's adopted 2019 Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management <br /> Plan for consistency and to help inform the update to BG MPO's CTP. More information on BG <br /> MPO's CTP can be found on the MPO's website at BG MPO CTP. NCDOT anticipates <br /> completing the CTP by end of 2021. <br /> MPO Next Steps <br /> BG MPO and NCDOT will provide opportunities for public involvement during fall and winter of <br /> 2021, prior to any formal action on the CTP. These opportunities will shape BG MPO's CTP. <br /> Orange County Transportation Planning staff will continue to keep the OUTBoard apprised of <br /> the CTP update and process. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no immediate financial impact associated with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): Staff recommends that the OUTBoard receive the information; <br /> 1. Discuss and ask questions as needed <br />