NC 160/Steele Creek Road Widening Update

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NC 160/Steele Creek Road Widening Update
Steele Creek Residents Association February 27,
2014
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CRTPO Overview

• Formerly known as Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan
  Planning Organization
• Responsible for transportation planning in
  Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties
• Core responsibility allocation of federal
  transportation funds
• Primary tasks
• Metropolitan Transportation Plan
• Transportation Improvement Program

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2040 MTP

• 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
• 300 road projects ranked
• Rankings endorsed by policy board October 2013

Steele Creek Road Projects Steele Creek Road Projects Steele Creek Road Projects
Segment Rank Time Period
Shopton Road W. to S. Tryon St. 50 2016-2025
S. Tryon St. to SC state line 61 2016-2025
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NCDOT Prioritization

• Next step in process
• Establishes priorities in Transportation
  Improvement Program
• Steele Creek Road projects in database
• Process steps
• NCDOT assesses projects and issues scores (May)
• CRTPO applies local points using approved
  methodology (May-July)
• NCDOT develops draft state TIP (Sept-Oct)
• Draft state TIP released in December

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2040 MTP Comment Period

• Public comment period until March 19
• Meetings
• March 4 Char-Meck Main Library 430-630 PM
• March 6 Indian Trail 500-700 PM
• March 7 Charlotte Chamber 1100 AM-100 PM

crtpo.org