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RES-2025-015 13 <br /> Attachment 4: Draft Resolution Endorsing Transportation Projects for State Funding <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S LIST OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS <br /> FOR THE BURLINGTON-GRAHAM METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION (BGMPO) AND <br /> TRIANGLE WEST TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TWTPO) AND THE <br /> CENTRAL PINES RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (CPRPO) FOR CONSIDERATION OF <br /> INCLUSION IN THE 2027 — 2036 STATEWIDE 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 FY 2027-2036 STIP; and <br /> WHEREAS, the BGMPO, TWTPO and CPRPO Board are charged with the administration of the <br /> State Prioritization of Transportation (SPOT) process or regional priority list; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County is a member jurisdiction of the BGMPO, TWTPO, and CPRPO; 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, 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, TWTPO, and <br /> CPRPO 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 FY 2027-2036 STIP. <br />