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RES-2023-059 Attachment 2 5 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION APPROVING ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE <br /> BURLINGTON-GRAHAM AND DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO METROPOLITAN <br /> PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS (BGMPO AND DCHC MPO) AND THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL <br /> PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE STATE PRIORITIZATION <br /> OF TRANSPORTATION PROCESS AND STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a Statewide <br /> Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to be implemented <br /> over the next ten years with State and Federal funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and <br /> regional importance to be included in the STIP; and <br /> WHEREAS, the DCHC MPO, BGMPO and TARPO Boards are charged with the development of their <br /> respective Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the BGMPO, TARPO and DCHC MPO; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to <br /> transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize <br /> adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster <br /> economic development in the County's designated Economic Development Districts; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian <br /> traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and <br /> related air and water impacts; and <br /> WHEREAS, on October 18, 2022, Orange County Board of County Commissioners adopted a <br /> resolutions the County's Complete Street Policy and Vision Zero Policy; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with <br /> sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along <br /> any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all roads, bridges, and right-of-way so <br /> as to protect ecosystems and non-renewable resources; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined its transportation needs within the BGMPO, TARPO and <br /> DCHC MPO planning areas in attachments to this resolution; and <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that the <br /> Board endorses the following list of transportation projects to be submitted for scoring by the State <br /> and to ultimately be considered for inclusion in the STIP. <br />