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Local Point Allocation & Project Ranking for SPOT 7.0 (10 Minutes)
Filmon Fishastion, MPO Staff
Narrative
On February 27, 2024, the DCHC MPO Board approved the revised Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Methodology for Identifying and Ranking New Transportation Improvement Program Project Requests, which was subsequently approved by the North Carolina Department of Transportation on March 1, 2024. The approved methodology is provided in the attachments for reference. The approved methodology directs DCHC MPO staff to apply certain criteria to all Regional projects (and Statewide projects that cascade to the Regional level) as an initial determination of which projects should receive local points during the Statewide Prioritization Process. The MPO Board approved the public release of the initial list of projects to receive local points on June 25, 2024.
Since the initial list of projects to receive local input points in the Statewide Prioritization Process was created, MPO staff have continued to coordinate with the MPO's local and regional partners to get a better sense of both local and regional priorities and identify and document any potential deviations from the initial list of projects.
A report is included with this agenda item summarizing the MPO staff's coordination efforts, outreach efforts, and highlighting projects that are a priority in the region, as well as the revised list of projects to receive local input points from the DCHC MPO. Also attached to this item are the most recent Local Input Point lists from our neighboring MPOs/RPOs. These lists are DRAFT versions pending approval from their respective Boards. The MPO's local input point assignments are to be approved and submitted to the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) by August 30, 2024.
Board Action
TC Action: Provided comments and recommended that the MPO Board adopt the Local Input Point Assignments for submittal to NCDOT.
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