[Durham INC] Durham Hosts Future Transportation Project Funding Hearing March 9

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  February 28, 2011

 

Durham Hosts Public Hearing for Future Transportation Project Funding
March 9

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 2012-2018 Metropolitan
Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) 

 

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

 

When:            Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 7 p.m. 

 

Where:            City Hall Committee Room

101 City Hall Plaza, Second Floor 

Durham, N.C. 27701

 

Fast Facts:

*         The DCHC MPO has released the Draft FY 2012-2018 Metropolitan
Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) for public review and comment.


 

*         The MTIP is a list of all transportation projects that will
receive federal and state funding over this seven-year period. The MTIP
includes highway, public transportation, bicycle, pedestrian, and rail
projects.  

 

*         This public hearing is an opportunity for residents to have
input on future transportation project funding before the Final FY
2012-2018 MTIP is adopted.  

 

*         Copies of the Draft MTIP are currently available for review in
the City of Durham Transportation Department and the 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
website 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 36412 or via e-mail at 
Ellen.Beckmann at DurhamNC.gov. 

 

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