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CTP Amendment Update (10 minutes)
Aaron Cain, LPA Staff
Narrative
In March 2021 staff brought Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) Amendment #3 to the TC for review. CTP Amendment #3 was an omnibus amendment with many components, including but not limited to:
- Additions and deletions to regional and secondary highways
- Inclusion of bicycle and pedestrian facilities on over 50 highways
- Removal of the D-O LRT Corridor (recommended by the TC in July 2021)
- Conversion of several highways from one-way to two-way
- Inclusion of fixed guideway transit projects that are in the MTP
- Inclusion of Transit Emphasis Corridors in Durham
The CTP, unlike the MTP, is a partnership and is developed jointly between the MPO and NCDOT. MPO and NCDOT staff have found it difficult to come to agreement on several of the items listed above, and the requirements for data and analysis are proving to be more cumbersome than MPO staff originally envisioned. Therefore, MPO staff plans to bring a series of CTP amendments to the TC and Board, with easier items in the first amendment, and working towards agreement on more difficult aspects in future amendments. MPO staff is looking to bring the first of these amendments to the TC in either December 2021 or January 2022, encompassing the following elements:
- Removal of the D-O LRT Corridor
- Additions and deletions to regional and secondary highways that NCDOT and MPO staff agree on
Board Action
TC Action: Provide comment on this approach to CTP amendments going forward.