[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Future Transportation Project Funding Public Hearing Jan. 14

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy C. Blalock

Senior Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov <mailto:Amy.Blalock at durhamnc.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release:  January 5, 2009

 

Durham Hosts Public Hearing for Future Transportation Project Funding
January 14

Hearing Gives Residents the Opportunity to Provide Input on Future
Funding for Durham County and 

Parts of Orange and Chatham Counties

 

What:              Public Hearing for the Draft FY 2011-2017
Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) Regional Priority
List

 

Who:               Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization (DCHC MPO)

 

When:             Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at 9 a.m. 

 

Where:            Durham City Hall

Committee Room, Second Floor 

101 City Hall Plaza 

Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts:

*         The DCHC MPO has released the Draft FY 2011-2017
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Regional Priority List for
public review and comment.  

 

*         The TIP is a list of all transportation projects that will
receive federal and state funding over this seven-year period.  The TIP
includes highway, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and rail projects in
Durham County and parts of Orange and Chatham Counties.  The Regional
Priority List communicates to the North Carolina Department of
Transportation (NCDOT) the DCHC MPO's project priorities.  

 

*         This public hearing is an opportunity for residents to have
input on future transportation project funding before the final list is
submitted to the NCDOT for discussion and negotiation on the FY
2011-2017 TIP.  

 

*         Copies of the draft Regional Priority List are currently
available for review at the City of Durham's Transportation Division in
the Department of Public Works, Durham City/County Planning Department
as well as the public libraries in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties,
the City of Durham, and the Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and
Hillsborough.  Copies are also available at the DCHC MPO Web site at 
www.dchcmpo.org.  

 

*         For additional information, or to submit comments, contact
Ellen Beckmann, transportation planner with the City of Durham/DCHC MPO,
at (919) 560-4366, extension 293 or via e-mail at 
ellen.beckmann at durhamnc.gov. 

 

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