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I - Introduction <br />2035 LRTP and CTP <br />Alternatives -- Introduction <br />What is the 2035 LRTP? <br />The 2035 Long -Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is the guide for major transportation <br />investments in the Durham- Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(DCHC -MPO) area. The DCHC -MPO area covers the entire Durham County and the <br />urbanized portions of Orange and Chatham Counties. The 2035 LRTP recommends <br />major transportation projects, policies and strategies designed to maintain existing <br />transportation systems and serve the region's future travel needs. The 2035 LRTP is also <br />designed to support land use and air quality goals for the urban area, and must be <br />prepared in accordance with Federal transportation and environmental requirements. <br />Projects must be in the 2035 LRTP in order to receive state and federal transportation <br />funding through the North Carolina Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). <br />What is the CTP? <br />North Carolina General Statute 136 -66.2 requires each municipality or Metropolitan <br />Planning Organization (MPO), with the cooperation of the NCDOT, to develop a <br />Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) serving present and anticipated travel demand <br />in and around the MPO: The CTP is a series of 5 sheets that include: Adoption Sheet, <br />Highway Map, Public Transportation and Rail Map, Bicycle Map, and Pedestrian Map. <br />These sheets show current and future transportation facilities. The principal differences <br />between the LRTP and CTP include: <br />• LRTP lists only proposed highway improvements and transit services, whereas <br />the CTP maps out both the current and proposed projects; <br />• LRTP must be fiscally- constrained, i.e., the anticipated revenues must cover the <br />anticipated costs, but the CTP has no fiscal element. <br />The development process for these two documents, which includes the use of a travel <br />demand model and extensive public involvement, are very similar. As a result, the <br />DCHC MPO will complete the development process for both documents at the same <br />time. <br />What are Alternatives? <br />The DCHC MPO plans to develop and evaluate several Alternatives in the process to <br />create the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan. Each Alternative will be a combination <br />of a Transportation System, which includes a set of highway, transit and other <br />transportation improvements, and a Land Use Scenario that distributes the forecasted <br />iff <br />