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The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) programs the state and federal transportation projects in our region and is developing a Regional Priority List for the FY 2009-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP is a seven-year funding document for bicycle, pedestrian, highway, rail, and public transportation projects. Every two years, the DCHC MPO approves its Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP), and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) produces the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The Regional Priority List provides guidance to the State and the MPO on the MTIP and STIP.

On September 12, 2007, the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) released for public comment the draft Regional Priority List. The draft Regional Priority List is available on the DCHC MPO website at this link. It is also available at the public libraries and planning departments in Durham County, Orange County (including Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough), and Chatham County.

Public comments on the proposed list should be sent to ellen DOT beckmann AT durhamnc DOT gov by October 10 24th, 2007. The MPO is particularly interested in receiving comments on the relative ranking of the projects – not the application of the ranking methodology.

There will also be a public hearing on the draft Regional Priority List at the TAC meeting on October 10, 2007. This meeting will be held at 7pm in the Committee Room on the second floor of Durham City Hall (101 City Hall Plaza). The final Regional Priority List is expected to be approved by the TAC on November 14, 2007.

Thank you,

Ellen Beckmann
Transportation Planner
City of Durham / DCHC MPO

919-560-4366
ellen DOT beckmann AT durhamnc DOT gov

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