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Request to Submit a STIP Amendment to Allocate Local Discretionary Funds to Phase 1 of the Morgan Creek Greenway
PURPOSE: The purpose of this agenda item is to request that the Town Council authorize staff to submit a request for an amendment to NCDOT's State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) to allocate local discretionary funds to Phase 1 of the Morgan Creek Greenway.
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning
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Contact
CONTACT INFORMATION: Christina Moon, Planning Administrator, 919-918-7325, cmoon@carrboronc.gov; Patricia McGuire, Planning Director, 919-918-7327, pmcguire@carrboronc.gov; Arche McAdoo, Finance Director, 919-918-7300, amacadoo@carrboronc.gov
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
The Morgan Creek Greenway is included in the Comprehensive Plan and Bicycle Plan as a priority project for advancing multimodal travel options which further the Town's efforts toward climate action and race/equity.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town has approximately $424,176 of local discretionary funds (STBG-DA) to be used toward a transportation infrastructure project ($339,341 federal / $84,835 local match). The Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro (DCHC) Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has asked the Town to identify the project so that the funds can be allocated as part of the upcoming State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) amendment process in May-June. After conferring with the Town Engineer on the anticipated cost for construction, staff is requesting authorization to allocate the remaining local discretionary funds to the Morgan Creek Greenway.
Design on Phase 1 of the Morgan Creek Greenway is now at 65-percent complete and the flood study is underway. The current project budget is $1,567,500. Approximately $374,763 of that has been used toward design, leaving approximately $1,192,737 ($954,190 federal / $238,547 loca...
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