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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="321" height="128" style="width:3.3416in;height:1.3333in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D9AA73.36FDBD60" alt="DCHC MPO (@DCHCMPO) | تويتر"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><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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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">North Carolina Department of Transportation, Orange County, and GoTriangle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">June 29, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">News Media Contact: </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Kelly Fomenko, (919) 503-4119, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org"><b>Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org</b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DCHC MPO Seeks Public Comment on Regional Transportation Plan and Air Quality<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Input Requested by August 7</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">DURHAM, N.C. – Now is the time to give your input on proposed changes to our region’s long-range transportation plan. We want to hear from people interested in bicycle, pedestrian, transit and highway transportation
projects and their effect on air quality in this region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org"><span style="color:blue">DCHC MPO</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">)
seeks input by August 7. Please weigh in on an amendment to transportation improvements included in the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). Also, please share feedback on the region’s Air Quality conformity report.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-plans/2050-metropolitan-transportation-plan">2050 MTP</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
identifies future highway, bus, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, and other transportation projects for this region over the next 30 years. The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/air-quality-climate-change/air-quality-conformity">Air Quality report</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> demonstrates that the region will continue to attain
air quality goals with the implementation of the amended 2050 MTP. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Residents and other stakeholders are asked to review the
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-plans/2050-metropolitan-transportation-plan">2050 MTP Amendment #1</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/air-quality-climate-change/air-quality-conformity">Air Quality Conformity Determination Report</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> on the
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org">DCHC MPO website</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and provide comments at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.bit.ly/2050MTPAmend1">www.bit.ly/2050MTPAmend1</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, or by
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:kelly.fomenko@dchcmpo.org">email</a></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">,</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">or by calling (919) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">503-4119</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> no later than Monday, August 7.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Residents are encouraged to provide comments directly to the DCHC MPO Board, either in person or virtually, at the Board’s public hearing for this item on Wednesday, August 9, at 9 a.m. Send your request
to speak at the hearing by </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:kelly.fomenko@dchcmpo.org">email</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> or by calling (919)
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">503-4119</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The board meeting livestream will also be available for viewing on the
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/?splash=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUC3YJLWzBbNVkOqJtGbp3tug&____isexternal=true"><span style="color:blue">DCHC MPO YouTube</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">About the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org/"><span style="color:blue">DCHC MPO</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">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
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MPOforDCHC"><span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> and
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/DCHCMPO"><span style="color:blue">Twitter</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">pages to stay up-to-date on news about their transportation planning efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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