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ATTACHMENT 2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 `apt N m u as i'iT:I i'i Eel c7_1►I Li TO: Orange County Board of County Commissioners FROM: Craig Benedict, Planning Director DATE: November 9, 1999 SUBJECT: BOCC November 9, 1999, Work Session: Written Report, Orange County Transportation Priority List Please review the attached transportation, priority list of Requested Projects (Attachment 2) being forwarded to the Technical Coordinating Committee for consideration in the development of the Regional Priorities List of transportation projects for the 2002 -2008 Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program. The projects include those from the Orange County Transportation Priority List (Attachment 3) submitted in October, 1997, by the Board of County Commissioners for consideration in the development of the 1999 -2005 DCHC MTIP. The priority list is submitted for your comment. Please forward any comments or questions to Karen Lincoln (extension 2583). Karen has shifted her planning duties to include transportation planning. Staff will prepare an agenda item for the December 7, 1999, BOCC meeting for BOCC endorsement/approval of the Orange County Priority List. The approved list will then be submitted to the TCC and Board of Transportation to be considered in the development of the 2002- 2008 DCHC MTIP. The Regional Priority List Development Projects are submitted to the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) by member agencies within the metropolitan planning area. The lead planning agency staff will perform technical analyses on all projects and rank each project according to the following: • Regional goals (how well the project meets the adopted regional goals); • Cost effectiveness (cost vs. benefits); • Timing factor (will opportunity for project be lost if not included in current priority cycle ?);