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Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) -- Final (20 minutes)
Andy Henry, LPA Staff
Julie Bogle, NCDOT
Narrative
At the April Board meeting, staff provided a detailed list of the comments received from the public, local staff, and boards and commissions, and stated how each comment was addressed in the final CTP. Staff has incorporated those changes into the final CTP and created the detailed CTP report. The final CTP maps and report that are proposed for adoption can be found at the following links:
* online interactive maps and report -- http://bit.ly/DCHCMPO-Draft-CTP (see Adopted tab), and,
* poster-sized PDF maps and report -- http://bit.ly/DCHCMPO-CTP.
A CTP adoption resolution is attached for Board review and Board Chair signature.
The final report is almost three hundred pages. The attached document “Guide to Review CTP Report” can help the review process. The document lists a few notable project changes made for the final CTP, and suggests ways in which the reviewer might be able to focus on the parts that are of most interest.
The MPO staff is presenting one additional change to the CTP report as presented today. As described in the attached “Guide to Review CTP Report,” the Technical Committee (TC) changed the status of the central Durham one-way street pairs 1) Duke St/Gregson St/Vickers Av and 2) N Roxboro St/Mangum St (US 15/501 Business) from “existing” to “needs improvement.” The NCDOT Planning Branch and Division 5 office subsequently met with the MPO and City of Durham transportation staff to request that these one-way pairs remain “existing” in the CTP. Instead of designating the roadways as “needs improvement,” they suggested that a problem statement for the Downtown Loop conversion project be created and include a description of any deficiencies on the one-way street pairs (above) to show support of further study of the streets before recommending a solution.
NCDOT has ensured the City of Durham that the “existing” designation will not preclude any future study, and will not prevent an improvement project for these streets from receiving points from Division 5 in the SPOT prioritization process. However, other factors might preclude the assignment of Division 5 local input points, so discussions about future maintenance responsibility of the roadways, and safety and congestion impacts are needed prior to point assignment.
Given NCDOT support of a study and the MPO’s interest in moving forward to adopt the CTP, the MPO staff recommends that these two one-way street pairs be designated as “existing” in the adopted CTP.
Recommendation
TC Action: Forward final CTP to the MPO Board for adoption.
Board Action: Discuss and adopt the proposed final CTP.