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<br />Central Pines Rural Planning Organization - A program of Central Pines Regional Council <br /> <br /> <br />In the CPRPO area, the following types of projects are eligible for each category of project: <br />Statewide <br />Mobility <br />Highway: Improvements to US 1, US 64, US 15-501 (only the portion north <br />of US 64), US 421 (only the portion north of or overlapping NC 87), NC 87 <br />(only the portion south of or overlapping US 421), NC 24-27* <br />Rail: Improvements to NS or CSX freight lines <br />All Other Modes: None <br />Regional <br />Impact <br />Highway: Improvements to any NC or US Routes <br />Rail: Improvements to NS or CSX freight lines, non-station passenger rail <br />projects <br />Transit: Multi-county transit routes <br />All Other Modes: None <br />Division Needs All Modes: All projects <br />*NC 24-27 is only eligible at the Statewide Mobility level for four-lane widening projects. Other <br />types of projects on NC 24-27 are only eligible for Regional Impact and Division Needs <br /> <br />It should be noted that projects from higher categories are able to “cascade down” for eligibility <br />in lower categories as well, should they be unsuccessful in getting selected for funding at the <br />higher category. Thus, all Statewide projects are also eligible in the Regional and Division <br />competitions, and all Regional projects are also eligible in the Division competition. <br /> <br />CPRPO has 1,500 local input points to assign in both the Regional Impact and Division Needs <br />categories. This document describes the method for selecting projects to which to assign these <br />points. <br /> <br />The local prioritization process consists of three parts: (1) ranking of projects at the countywide <br />level; (2) quantitative scoring of projects; and (3) ranking of scored projects for assignment of <br />points. Each of these is discussed in more detail below. <br /> <br />For the Prioritization 7.0 Process only, CPRPO will donate 400 points to the newly formed <br />Sandhills MPO for both the Regional Impact and the Division Needs categories.