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Destination 2055 Goals (20 minutes)
Kelly Richard, MPO Staff
Andy Henry, MPO Staff
Colleen McGue, MPO Staff
Narrative
The 2055 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) is the long-range transportation plan that covers the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) regional boundaries. This plan is updated every four years and this update is being led with the campaign name of “Destination 2055”. The update of this plan is extensive and generally takes two years to complete. Engagement is guided through a Public Engagement Strategy which was approved for use by both MPO Boards in late 2023.
The first engagement phase for Destination 2055 starts with the visioning process, which looks at the goals and objectives of the plan. The goals and objectives survey was publicly released on November 16, 2023 and closed on January 15, 2024. Public hearings were scheduled at the CAMPO Board meeting on January 17 and at the DCHC MPO Board meeting on January 23.
Other engagement efforts included: pop-up events at Durham Station, the Boxyard, the Chapel Hill Library, the Harnett County Library, and the Regional Transit Center; newspaper advertisements in the Triangle Tribune, Que Pasa, and the News & Observer; and direct outreach to community groups.
A total of 558 participants took the Destination 2055 Goals survey. Participants were asked to rate each of the (8) existing 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan goals on a scale of "Not Important" to "Very Important" which was then translated into a numerical scale of 0-100 for analysis. An average rating above 50 indicates that a goal is seen as having some reasonable degree of importance, and all goals received averages above that threshold.
Additional information on this engagement phase can be found in the attachments below. More details on this plan update can be found on the Destination 2055 website at Destination2055NC....
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