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SPOT 5.0 Update (30 minutes)
Aaron Cain, LPA Staff
Narrative
DCHC MPO staff has begun the process of entering projects for scoring into into SPOT 5.0, which rates projects across the state to determine which will be funded in the FY2020-29 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). A final list will be brought to the TC for its consideration at its August 23 meeting, and to the MPO Board for approval at its September 13 meeting. New project submissions are due by September 29. DCHC may submit up to 23 projects per mode for SPOT 5.0 consideration.
A few projects that were scheduled to be submitted for SPOT 5.0 were included in the FY2018-27 Draft STIP that was released on June 28, 2017 and approved by the State Board of Transportation earlier this month. LPA staff is working with a subcommittee of local government staff to determine the 23 highway and 23 bike/ped projects that will be submitted for DCHC. Only 21 transit and 10 rail projects have been identified for scoring in SPOT 5.0.
In addition to the projects being submitted for SPOT 5.0, the deadline is August 25 to submit any modifications or deletions of carryover projects (see attached list). There are fewer projects to be modified or deleted than previously discussed primarily due to either a project becoming committed in the recently released Draft STIP (at which point it cannot be modified because it does not get rescored in SPOT), or the Division not agreeing to the modification. The MPO Board previously authorized staff to move forward with modifications and deletions.
NC Secretary of Transportation Trogdon encouraged all NCDOT divisions to investigate use of alternate criteria for highway projects for SPOT 5.0. All three divisions within the MPO jurisdiction have developed alternate criteria for regional and/or division projects (see attached). MPO staff is in agreement with the proposed alternate criteria. The TC recommended approval of the proposed alternate criteria at its July 26, 2017 m...
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