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Background and Timeline <br /> June,2013—DCHC MPO includes Durham-orange Light Rail(D-0 LRT)in the 2040 Metropolitan <br /> Transportation Pla n. <br /> February 2014—The Federal Transit Administration{FTA}a pprfive5 the project for entry intra <br /> Project Development,the first phase of the federal funding pipeline. <br /> Fall 2015—DCHC M P 0,:Durham County,City of Durham,Town of Chapel Hill,and Orange County <br /> unanimously endorse a preferred alternative from UNC Hospital to Alston Avenue. <br /> February 2016—FTA issues a Final E nvi ron menta I I rn p act Statement a n d Record of Decision for the <br /> D-0 LRT project. <br /> November 2016—DCHC MPO unanimously recommends including the NCCU station refinement in <br /> the D-O LRT project. <br /> Background and Timeline <br /> December 2016—FTA approves an amended Record of Decision including the NCCU station <br /> refinement in the D-0 LRT project. <br /> April 2017—Durham County,Orange County,DCHC MPO,and GoTriangle boards vote to commit <br /> additional dedicated transit funds for the D-0,LRT projects in the updated County Transit Plans and <br /> cast-sharing,agreement, <br /> July 2017—FTA approves the D-0 LRT project for entry into Engineering,the second phase of the <br /> federal funding pipeline, <br /> January 2018—GoTriangle Board of Trustees authorizes the acquisition of property for the <br /> project's Rail operations and Maintenance Facility. <br /> December 2018—Durham City Council unanimously approves rezoning and annexation for the <br /> project's Rail Operations and Maintenance Facility, <br /> March 2019—GoTriangle troard votes to cancel the D-0 LRT project. <br />