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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%">Member Organizations: Town of Carrboro, Town of Chapel Hill, Chatham County, City of Durham, Durham County, Town of Hillsborough,
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Orange County, and GoTriangle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal">News Media Contact: Kelly Fomenko (919) 560-4366, ext. 36498 or
<a href="mailto:Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org">Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DCHC MPO Seeks Comment on Draft FY24 Project Swap Recommendations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) is seeking your feedback on
<a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-improvement-program/transportation-improvement-program-2023-2032/transportation-improvement-program-2024-2033">
draft project swap recommendations</a> within the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
<span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">DCHC MPO has recommended a list of six projects to be swapped in while three projects would be swapped out. Recommendations are based on existing local and regional priorities.
</span><i>Public comment will be open through March 7, 2023.</i><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:125%"><b>DCHC MPO staff recommend the following swaps:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk124935197"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Division Tier<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk124935197"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Statewide Tier<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><u>Projects to Swap In:</u></i><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>Description<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>Funding Amount<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-6118</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">NC 55</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Meridian</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">I-40</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Construct Auxiliary Lane</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$5,299,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-6120</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">NC 98</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Junction</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Lynn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Safety Improvements, Bike/Ped Facilities, Transit Accommodations</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$18,199,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">P-5734</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Trinity RR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Trinity Rd</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Grade separation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$36,865,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">P-5736</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Beryl RR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Beryl</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Royal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Grade separation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$3,196,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-5304F</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">US 15-501</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">SR 1742</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">I-40</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Corridor capacity improvements</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$52,700,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-5774F</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">NC 54</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Little Creek</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">I-40</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Corridor upgrade and interchange improvements</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$173,412,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center">TOTAL<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center">$289,671,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black">Regional Tier</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Division Tier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">Statewide Tier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><u>Projects to Swap Out:</u></i><i>
</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>STIP #<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>Project<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>From<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>To<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>Description<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><b>Funding Amount<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-6021</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Fayetteville</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Barbee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Woodcroft</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Widen to four lanes w/ bike/ped</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$26,000,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-5720B</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">US 70</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Miami</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Page Extn</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Freeway conversion</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$223,419,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">U-5774B</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">NC 54</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Fordham</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Barbee Chapel</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Upgrades to corridor and intersection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center"><span style="color:black">$66,374,000</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center">TOTAL<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center">$315,793,000<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:5.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#0D1215;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:8.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0in;mso-add-space:auto">
<span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">Public comments can be submitted via our
</span><a href="https://www.tinyurl.com/FY24Swaps"><span style="background:white">online survey</span></a><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white"> or submitted directly to Kelly Fomenko at (919) 560-4366 ext. 36498 or
</span><a href="mailto:Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org"><span style="background:white">Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org</span></a><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">.
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u>Background<o:p></o:p></u></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The STIP is a ten-year funding document that contains transportation projects across the state of North Carolina and DCHC MPO projects are a subset of these projects, which the MPO maintains in its own Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP). The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), who oversee the STIP, have determined projects that are eligible to be swapped in the STIP and those can be found in the
<a href="https://www.ncdot.gov/initiatives-policies/Transportation/stip/development/Pages/default.aspx">
2024-2033 Draft STIP</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Project swapping is an atypical situation that was the result of fiscal constraints over the course of the COVID pandemic. The state typically goes through a strategic prioritization process (SPOT) leading up to the adoption of a new STIP,
where projects are scored, reprioritized, and can receive funding. The most recent cycle, which was being processed in advance of the FY2024-2033 STIP, was canceled due to funding issues; projects already in the STIP were then reprioritized based on existing
funding, which resulted in projects being removed from the STIP. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">Given the nature of this reprogramming, and the displacement of projects due to budget constraints, MPOs could now request to "swap" STIP projects if they met certain criteria. This would allow
projects to either be moved up within the STIP, or for projects that were not included in the ten-year STIP to be moved into the STIP, provided that other projects were therefore removed.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">More information on the DCHC MPO Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) can be found
</span><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-improvement-program/transportation-improvement-program-2023-2032/transportation-improvement-program-2024-2033"><span style="background:white">here</span></a><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">
and details on the draft recommended swaps can be found </span><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4172"><span style="background:white">here</span></a><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">. For information on individual projects,
visit our </span><a href="https://gis.dchcmpo.org/tipapplication/home"><span style="background:white">project database</span></a><span style="color:#0D1215;background:white">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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