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•Background <br /> •2035 Long Range Transportation Plan <br /> •Process <br /> •Alternatives Analysis <br /> •Next Steps <br /> •Orange Unified Transportation Board Recommendation <br /> Purpose <br /> To endorse comments to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> Transportation Advisory Committee regarding Orange County's preferences for mitigating <br /> traffic congestion in the region by 2035. <br /> DCHC MPO <br /> •Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) <br /> Created as a part of the interstate Highway Act (1950s) - required for urban areas <br /> having population > 50,000 <br /> •Federal mandate - MPO is responsible for transportation planning and programs within its <br /> Metropolitan Planning Boundary (MAB) - must plan use of federal transportation funding: <br /> ➢ Comprehensive Transportation Plan <br /> ➢ Long Range Transportation Plan <br /> ➢ Planning Work Program (UPWP) <br /> ➢ Transportation Improvement Program <br /> •Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization <br /> -Durham County, and <br /> -Parts of Orange County and Chatham County. <br /> MPO Long Range Transportation Plan <br /> •Updated every 4 years to comply with Air Quality regulations <br /> •Minimum 20 year planning period <br /> •Fiscally constrained subset of Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) <br /> •Includes a public involvement process <br /> •Projects must be in LRTP to receive state and federal funding (via Transportation <br /> Improvement Program -TIP) <br /> DCHC MPO 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) <br />