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Vote on a request to review, comment, and endorse the Chatham County Triangle Area Rural Transportation Organization (TARPO) and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) draft transportation project lists to be considered for submittal to the State Prioritization Office of Transportation (SPOT) for the Prioritization 6.0 process.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request to review, comment, and endorse the Chatham County Triangle Area Rural Transportation Organization (TARPO) and Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) draft transportation project lists to be considered for submittal to the State Prioritization Office of Transportation (SPOT) for the Prioritization 6.0 process.
Introduction & Background:
The State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is the NCDOT's 10 year plan used to identify the construction funding and scheduling for transportation projects at the state level over a 10-year period and is continually updated every 2-3 years. The purpose of this endorsement is for the Board of Commissioners to review a list of projects to be considered for submittal through the regional planning organizations to the State Prioritization Office of Transportation (SPOT) to be scored in the late summer/early fall of 2019.
Discussion & Analysis:
TARPO and the DCHC MPO are requesting local jurisdictions to have their respective Boards endorse the draft project submittal lists. Staff reviewed the list of past projects and scores. Staff also collaborated with the other Regional Planning members, NCDOT, as well as the Towns of Pittsboro and Siler City. They will be bringing their own project lists to their respective Boards to review rather than grouping all of our projects together.
The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) received and reviewed the list of potential transportation SPOT projects on March 26th, 2019 and made amendments to some of the project descriptions and propos...
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