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Department of Transportation approved the current DCHC 2025 Transportation Plan and air quality determination February 29,2000. The MPO must have a conforming LRTP and Transportation Improvement Program in place and approved by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) by February 28, 2003, or face a transportation conformity lapse. During a conformity lapse,federal funding for new projects is suspended. Projects for which funding commitments or equivalent approvals were in place prior to the conformity lapse may continue as planned Transit projects that received a Full Funding Grant Agreement or equivalent approval prior to the conformity lapse may proceed during the lapse. The TAG plans to adopt a fiscally constrained Draft 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan of its October 23 meeting. The fiscally constrained plan, most likely, cannot support all of the projects listed in the Preferred Option. The TAG will use comments from the public and from local jurisdictions to decide which projecs to induce in the Draft Plan. The TAG will ten release the Draft 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan for the required 45day public comment period and will send the Draft Plan to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) far air quality conformity analysis. The TAG anticipates adapting a Final LRTP in December, depending on results of the air quality conformity analysis. That plan will then be released for another 45-clay public comment period and be analyzed for air quality conformity by lateral agencies. The TAG anticipates having a Final 2025 Long-Range Transportation Plan approved by the FHWA in March or April 2003. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this Rem. Depending on the fiscal analysis, local jurisdictions may have to develop funding sources for needed projects that are not covered by existing revenue sources. RECOMMENDATION($): As the Board decides.