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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> City of Durham Communications <Communications@durhamnc.gov><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 3, 2021 9:43 AM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> DCHC MPO Seeks Comment on Alternatives Analysis for 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan</font>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><img width="321" height="128" id="x_Picture_x0020_1" alt="DCHC MPO (@DCHCMPO) | تويتر" style="width:3.3437in; height:1.3333in" data-outlook-trace="F:1|T:1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D7884C.0EA25290"></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt">Member Organizations: Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, Chatham County, City of Durham, Durham County, Town of Hillsborough,
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt">North Carolina Department of Transportation, Orange County, and GoTriangle</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">August 3, 2021</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">News Media Contact: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Andrew Henry, (919) 560-4366, ext. 36419 or
<a href="mailto:Andrew.Henry@DurhamNC.gov">Andrew.Henry@DurhamNC.gov</a> <b></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DCHC MPO Seeks Comment on Alternatives Analysis for the
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan</span></b></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Input Requested Through Online Survey by September 15</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"></span></i></p>
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DURHAM, N.C. – If you’re interested in highway, bicycle, multi-use paths, and transit projects for our region, you’re invited to give your feedback in an
<a href="https://publicinput.com/Triangle2050Plan">online survey</a> on different scenarios of our future transportation system.</p>
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The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (<a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org">DCHC MPO</a>) is seeking public input on the transportation improvements that should be included in the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The 2050
MTP identifies future highway, transit, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, and other transportation projects for this region over the next 30 years.</p>
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The DCHC MPO is updating the 2050 MTP this fall, and will use the public input received on the
<a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-plans/2050-metropolitan-transportation-plan">
Alternatives Analysis</a> to identify where roadway, public transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, and other transportation investments will be needed in the coming decades.</p>
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Residents and other stakeholders are asked to review the Alternatives Analysis on the
<a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-plans/2050-metropolitan-transportation-plan">
DCHC MPO website</a> and provide comments through an <a href="https://publicinput.com/Triangle2050Plan">
online survey</a> or by <a href="mailto:andrew.henry@durhamnc.gov">email</a> no later than Wednesday, September 15.</p>
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For more information about the 2050 MTP, contact DCHC MPO Principal Planner Andrew Henry at (919) 560-4366, ext. 36419 or by
<a href="mailto:andrew.henry@durhamnc.gov">email<span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">.</span></a></p>
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<b>About the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization</b></p>
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The <a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org/">DCHC MPO</a> is responsible for planning and programming state and federal transportation projects in all of Durham County and the urbanized areas of Orange County and Chatham County. To learn more, follow the DCHC MPO
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MPOforDCHC">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DCHCMPO">
Twitter</a> pages to stay up-to-date on news about their transportation planning efforts.</p>
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