[Durham INC] Hearing tonight on Transportation Priorities in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties

[Pat Carstensen]

Just a reminder that there is a hearing tonight on how we rate transportation projects (where we spend scarce $$$)

Public Hearing – Citizens can provide feedback to local elected officials (Transportation Advisory Committee); Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 7 pm in the Council Chambers (1st Floor of Durham City Hall, 101 City Hall Plaza).  Persons with disabilities will be accommodated.  Provisions must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting

I have mixed feelings about this hugely wonky way to try to assign a value to a proposed project.  On one hand, it deters the blatantly political grab for public money.  On the other hand, I suspect that any method will under-rate some hugely useful projects (for example, the bike safety criteria look at posted speed and accident rates, but doesn't ask if traffic goes too fast on a curvy road) and you know that there will be requests to "re-evaluate" things that politically powerful people want.

Regards, pat 

From: Ellen.Beckmann at durhamnc.gov
Subject: Requesting Comments on Transportation Priorities in Durham, Orange, and Chatham Counties
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:26:33 +0000









 
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) is prioritizing transportation projects for funding in years 2016 through 2025.  This prioritization
 includes the DCHC MPO’s input points that will be used to score projects in the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Strategic Transportation Investments process, a statewide process to prioritize transportation projects and allocate funding across
 the state.  More information on this process is on NCDOT’s website 
http://www.ncdot.gov/strategictransportationinvestments/ .
 
Citizens are encouraged to review the MPO’s draft input point assignment and provide feedback through any of the following events and media.
 
www.dchcmpo.org – See
Prioritization 3.0 on the DCHC MPO website for documents, maps, and tables of the prioritization of projects and draft input point assignment. 

 
Copies of the documents are also available for review at the City of Durham Transportation Division, and the Planning Departments and public libraries of Durham, Orange,
 and Chatham Counties, the City of Durham, and Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. 

 
Public Hearing – Citizens can provide feedback to local elected officials (Transportation Advisory Committee); Wednesday, June 25, 2014, at 7 pm in the Council
 Chambers (1st Floor of Durham City Hall, 101 City Hall Plaza).  Persons with disabilities will be accommodated.  Provisions must be requested at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
 
Public Comment Period -- The public comment period is open from Monday, June 16, 2014 to Tuesday, August
 12, 2014.  Comments should be forwarded to: 
                        Ellen Beckmann
                        City of Durham, Transportation Department
                        101 City Hall Plaza
                        Durham, NC  27701
                        E-mail: 
ellen.beckmann at durhamnc.gov   

                        Phone:  (919) 560-4366, x-36412
 
La organización de Planificación Metropolitana de Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro está buscando comentarios públicos sobre
prioridades preliminares de proyectos y asignación local de puntos.  Traducción al español de este documento está disponible sobre petición.  Comentarios
 también pueden ser enviados a la ciudad de Durham, en la División de Transporte, 101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701, Attn: Ellen Beckmann, o por correo electrónico a
ellen.beckmann at durhamnc.gov.

                                
Ellen Beckmann, AICP
Transportation Planner
Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization
Department of Transportation, City of Durham
101 City Hall Plaza, 4th Floor, Suite 4200
Durham, NC 27701
 
P 919-560-4366 ext. 36412
F 919-560-4561
 
Ellen.Beckmann at durhamnc.gov
www.dchcmpo.org
www.DurhamNC.gov
 
Email correspondence to and from this sender may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and can be disclosed to third parties.
 



 		 	   		  
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