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Posted on: April 21, 2022

[ARCHIVED] BGMPO to host public meetings on Transportation Safety Plan and Comprehensive Transportation Plan

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The Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO), which includes the City of Mebane and portions of Orange County, will hold public meetings in the coming weeks to gather feedback on a Comprehensive Transportation Plan and a Transportation Safety Plan.

A Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) is a long-range multimodal transportation plan of the future transportation network. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and BGMPO will host a CTP Public Information Meeting on April 26, from 6-7 p.m., at the Burlington Municipal Conference Room (425 S. Lexington Ave., Burlington, NC 27215).

Draft maps and project tables will be available for public review and comments. The documents can also be viewed on the BGMPO Draft CTP website: https://connect.ncdot.gov/projects/planning/Pages/CTP-Details.aspx?study_id=Burlington-Graham.

For more information: John A. (Andy) Bailey, NCDOT Western Piedmont Planning Group Supervisor at jabailey@ncdot.gov or Wannetta Mallette, BGMPO Administrator, wmallette@burlingtonnc.gov.

Persons who require special accommodations or those requiring language translation services should contact the BGMPO at 336.513.5418. Asistencia de idiomas está disponible poniéndose en contacto con personal de la MPO en wmallette@burlingtonnc.gov.

The BGMPO is developing a Transportation Safety Plan to identify safety concerns and recommend improvements with the goal of reducing crash fatalities and serious injury rates within the Burlington-Graham planning area. The BGMPO will host an in-person public information meeting on May 4, 2022, 6-7:30 p.m., at the Alamance Community College Main Campus Auditorium (1247 Jimmie Kerr Road, Graham, NC 27253). 

A formal presentation will be made at 6:15 p.m. The public may drop-in at any time during the meeting hours. The Project Team, led by Eric Tang, VHB, Inc. will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the development of the plan. 

The opportunity to submit comments will also be provided at the meeting or afterwards via phone or email by May 31, 2022. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at www.bgmpotransportationsafetyplan.com.

For more information, to submit comments, or to request meeting accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting contact: Wannetta Mallette, MPO Administrator, wmallette@burlingtonnc.gov, (336) 513.5418. 

Asistencia de idiomas está disponible poniéndose en contacto con personal de la MPO en wmallette@burlingtonnc.gov.

The Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO) is the federally designated agency responsible for working with residents and local, state, and federal agencies to coordinate transportation planning and project development within the Burlington urbanized area, which includes Mebane and portions of Orange County.

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