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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="321" height="128" style="width:3.3437in;height:1.3333in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D9D43B.862D3950" alt="DCHC MPO (@DCHCMPO) | تويتر"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </b>August 21, 2023<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>News Media Contact: </b>Kelly Fomenko, (919) 503-4119, <span style="color:blue">
<a href="mailto:Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org"><b><span style="color:blue">Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org</span></b></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">DCHC MPO Seeks Public Comment on Project Priority Lists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Input Requested by September 4</span></i><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">DURHAM, N.C. – If you’re interested in bicycle, pedestrian, transit, rail, and highway transportation projects now is the time to give your input on our region’s short range project priority lists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Residents are encouraged to review projects from four different mode categories (Bicycle and Pedestrian; Transit; Rail; and Highway) and choose their top five projects from each category in the following online
survey, which will close at 11:59 p.m. on September 4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Survey in English:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/?splash=https%3a%2f%2fmetroquestsurvey.com%2fhc7y7p&____isexternal=true" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://metroquestsurvey.com/hc7y7p</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0D1215;margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.1pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Encuesta en Espaņol:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/?splash=https%3a%2f%2fmetroquestsurvey.com%2f9vz4e&____isexternal=true" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://metroquestsurvey.com/9vz4e</span></a> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) participates in the Strategic Prioritization of Transportation (<span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4286/638276992814589834"><span style="color:blue">SPOT</span></a></span>)
process once every two years. Projects are submitted from across the state and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) scores these projects for potential funding, which is extremely limited for this program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Projects on this list include adding side paths on both sides of University Drive from Cornwallis Road to Blackwell Street, crossing improvements on the rail line at Blackwell Street, and a median on Holloway
Street from Lynn Road to Mineral Springs Road to improve safety and add multimodal accommodations.
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">To learn more about this process, how feedback will be used, and how this process relates to other DCHC MPO efforts, visit the DCHC MPO
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/Home/Components/News/News/190/15"><span style="color:blue">information page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">.
</span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0D1215;font-style:normal">C</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">lick</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;font-style:normal">
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.dchcmpo.org/home/showpublisheddocument/4288/638277000951498748"><span style="color:blue">here</span></a></span><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">for the complete listing of priority projects,</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">which</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal">are listed by transportation mode type.</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.1pt;background:white">
<em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0D1215;font-style:normal">To provide feedback directly to the MPO without taking the above survey, contact Kelly Fomenko b</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0D1215">y
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="mailto:Kelly.Fomenko@dchcmpo.org"><span style="color:blue;font-style:normal">email</span></a>
</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0D1215;font-style:normal">or call 919-503-4119.<o:p></o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0D1215;font-style:normal"><o:p> </o:p></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">About the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization</span></b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="http://www.dchcmpo.org/">
<span style="color:blue">DCHC MPO</span></a><span style="color:blue"> </span>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 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MPOforDCHC"><span style="color:blue">Facebook</span></a> and
<a href="https://twitter.com/DCHCMPO"><span style="color:blue">X (formerly known as Twitter</span></a>)<span style="color:blue">
</span>channels to stay up-to-date on news about their transportation planning efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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