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Resolution Authorizing the Town Manager to Initiate a Municipal Agreement with NCDOT for the Bike Plan Group Project (BL-0149)
PURPOSE: The Town Council is asked to authorize the Town Manager to initiate a Municipal Agreement with NCDOT and to adopt a Capital Project Ordinance to construct three projects identified in the 2021 Updated Bicycle Plan: a sidepath along the southwest end of Shelton St, restriping East Poplar Avenue to create a pedestrian lane, and restriping the 100 Block Maple Avenue to create a contraflow lane.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning & Finance
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The adoption of a municipal agreement with NCDOT is a requirement to receive federal funds. The project supports the Transportation and Mobility Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan, Goal 2: Continue to expand the transportation system to provide at least one non-automobile option (walking, biking, and transit) for every neighborhood to be usable for a variety of trip purposes, and specifically project H, to continue implementation of the Town's Safe Routes to School Action Plan. The three projects have been identified in the 2021 Updated Bike Plan. (Racial Equity pocket questions were prepared for the November 2023 Town Council meetings; Climate Action pocket questions are provided as Attachment B).
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town submitted three projects for Triangle West Transportation Planning Organization (TWTPO)'s FY25 call for projects for Regional Flexible Funding (RFF) in December 2023. (For information about the selection of projects please see agenda materials from the Town Council meetings on 11/14/2023 and 11/29/2023.) Two projects were selected for funding and programmed in the FY2026-2033 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). These include construction for three bicycle plan projects identified in the 2021...
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