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representative, in this case, the Secretary of Transportation) after the required conformity determinations are made; however, the State and MPO can mutually agree to a subset of the 2006- 2012 STIP and MTIP projects that is consistent with both documents as long as the transportation conformity consequences do not jeopardize the conformity determination. Projects shown in the 2006-2012 MTIP beyond the first three years (2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012) are considered only for planning purposes, and do not have to be consistent with the STIP in order for the MTIP to be approved, The MTIP is not adopted until approved by the MPO and the Governor. Attachment 2 lists differences between the 2006-2012 STIP and MTIP that staff from DCHC MPO Lead Planning Agency (LPA) and local jurisdiction members discussed with the NCDOT at a meeting held on October 4~h, The chart shows that most of those differences have been resolved. A check mark beside a "pending" status in the "Issues" column indicates items that were resolved by the amendments in Attachment 1, The Secretary of Transportation must approve the DCHC MPO 2006-2012 MTIP. The State must then make a conformity determination for the MTIP. Some of the resolved items may require amendments to the 2006-2012 STIP, The NC Board of Transportation will address those changes once the MTIP has been approved, 2007-2013 Transportation Improvement Program The DCHC MPO TAC will consider approving a Regional Priority List far the 2007-2013 TIP on November 9, 2005. The Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC), at its meeting on October 26, 2005, reviewed changes to the priority list that were based on the direction of the TAC at its meeting in October. Attachment 2 is a copy of the Division 7 priority list recommended by the TCC to the TAG to consider in adopting a regional priority. The chart indicates haw each project ranked according to local jurisdiction priorities and according to its score of criteria points. The following lists Orange County's priorities ranked by local priorities and ranked by criteria points: Orange County Priority Rank by Local Priority Rank by Criteria Points 1. Oran e Grove Road edestrian brid e over I-40 1 7 2. Homestead Road im rovements 7 15 3. Im rovements to South Churton Street 5 18 4. Old NC 86 bic cle lanes 16 42 5. NC 86 bic cle lanes 17 36 6. NC 86 Im rovements north of Hillsborou h 20 48 7. US 70 B ass Widenin 12 43 8. Eno Mountain Rd,/Mayo St./Orange Grove Rd, intersection reali nment 18 43 9. Oran e Grove Rd. extension to US 70 Business 29 46 The TCC noted that, in many instances, the rank a project obtains through the MPO's endorsed methodology for ranking projects based on certain criteria does not reflect the local jurisdictions priorities, The methodology is a work in progress that is constantly being refined to better reflect the MPO criteria standards, The TCC suggests, that far the next TIP update, that local jurisdictions submit a list of projects that may be included in the local priority lists to the TCC to be ranked using the MPO approved criteria prior to local jurisdictions adopting priority lists.. The results would then 2