RES-2005-020 Orange County Transportation Priority List for 2007-2013 TIP

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~~ s- ~20 d-S Oo2 Q 3 - ss ~~~s 5~ ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION CONCERNING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2007 - 2013 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for State and Federal funding over the next seven years; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, on July 8, 2004, moved the seven year, biennial Program to be effective beginning and ending in odd numbered years; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2007-2013 Transportation Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development Districts; and WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners that: The Board of County Commissioners endorses the attached project priority list of transportation projects to be considered for inclusion in the FY 2007-2013 Transportation Improvement Program. p ~R Upon motion of Commissioner ~ ~;, ,seconded by Commissioner ~~~, the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 1..5~ day of~~'t 2005 I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on October 21, 2003, as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said Board. ~ WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this ~_ day of ~- , 2005. Clerk to the BoaYd of Commissioners ~ ~~r~ +i~`- ~ ~°' u,,,, i f r~ ' ~ t: ~t~ . ~SJj1~9:~ ~~_ ~r ~I 4 `~ .`'`~~,.~ e `P4 ~rs~G~~,~ '.0~