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On March 18, 2009, MUMPO took a series of
actions to develop projects for funding as part of the American
Recovery & Reinvestment Act (“Economic Stimulus”).*
These actions included the following:
Amended the 2009-2015 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) to include numerous projects that could
potentially be funded with stimulus funds. These projects were for
all modes of travel.
Approved allocation of MUMPO’s $20.1 million in
Surface Transportation Program-Direct Attributable (STP-DA) funds to
six projects.
Endorsed a ranked list of bicycle and
pedestrian projects.
MUMPO has been
informed that approximately $7.6 million is available in NCDOT’s
Division 10 to fund additional stimulus projects. The money is
available due to bids for current projects coming in under the
original estimates. The Division 10 Engineer has suggested that
MUMPO program the entire amount, but emphasized that the more
realistic figure for actual implementation is in the $4-5 million
range. Programming the entire amount may allow for additional MUMPO
projects to move forward in the event other Division projects cannot
advance, or if more projects come in under their original
estimates. The following link contains a list of projects for
potential funding endorsed by the MPO at its August 19, 2009 meeting.
*Not all projects will be
implemented with stimulus funds because the value of all projects
listed exceeds the amount of funding available. All projects were
included to ensure that a sufficient number of projects were
included in the TIP in the event other projects did not meet
eligibility requirements.
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