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<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 30, 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 Short Range Transportation Plan<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 July 26</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 our region’s short range transportation plan. We want to hear from people interested in bicycle, pedestrian, transit, rail, and highway transportation
projects and hear how the funding of these projects impacts you. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 July 26. Please weigh in on the upcoming adoption of the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/what-we-do/programs-plans/transportation-improvement-program/transportation-improvement-program-2023-2032/transportation-improvement-program-2024-2033">FY
2024-2033 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">. The
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">TIP </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">identifies highway, bus, rail, bicycle, pedestrian, and other transportation projects for this region over the next 10 years. Projects in the DCHC MPO TIP are a subset of projects
from the </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Pages/State-Transportation-Improvement-Program.aspx">State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, which contains
projects across all of North Carolina. The first four years of the TIP must also match the first four years of the DCHC MPO Metropolitan Transportation Plan (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-improvement-program/transportation-improvement-program-2023-2032/transportation-improvement-program-2024-2033">FY 2024-2033 TIP</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/FY24-33TIP">www.bit.ly/FY24-33TIP</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;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">,</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">
</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 July 26.
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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
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://dchcmpo.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx">Wednesday, August 9, at 9 a.m</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">. 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">. The board meeting livestream will also be available for viewing on the
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3YJLWzBbNVkOqJtGbp3tug"><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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