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Release of Final Scores for Regional Impact Projects (10 minutes)
Aaron Cain, LPA Staff
Narrative
On September 4, 2018, the NCDOT released the final scores for Regional Impact Projects for SPOT 5 (for the FY2020-2029 STIP). The DCHC projects that scored well enough to be funded are:
- Durham-Orange Light Rail;
- NC 55 third southbound lane and bike/ped improvements from Meridian Parkway to I-40; and
- US 15/501 from the NC 54 interchange to Ephesus Church Road.
At this time, none of these projects are programmed for the first five years of the STIP, so all of them will have to be scored again in SPOT 6. LPA staff are working with Division and other NCDOT staff on the timing of these projects so that high priority projects could be moved up in the schedule and not have to go through SPOT 6.
While those three projects scored well enough for funding in the next STIP, several projects that are currently in the STIP but had to be rescored did not. The following projects will not be funded in the FY2020-2029 STIP unless they score well enough at the Division Needs level to receive funding:
- P-5716, Grade Separation of NCRR at West Ellis Drive in Durham
- P-5728, Grade Separation of NCRR at Neal Road in Durham
- U-5720 C&D, US 70 from South Miami to Alexander Drive in Durham and Wake counties (will remain as sibling projects)
- U-5774 H, NC 54 from NC 751 to Fayetteville Road in Durham (will remain as a sibling project)
- U-6071, NC 54/Old Fayetteville Road intersection in Carrboro
Board Action
Board Action: No action is necessary on this item, it is for informational purposes only.