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RESOLUTION RECEIVING THE RESULTS OF THE GREATER TRIANGLE COMMUTER RAIL STUDY AND
DEFERRING ADDITIONAL STUDY OF SCENARIOS EXTENDING SERVICE TO HILLSBOROUGH AND POINTS
WEST TO A FUTURE STUDY EFFORT FOR A POTENTIAL LATER PHASE OF COMMUTER RAIL
March 10 , 2020
A motion was made by Commissioner and seconded by Commissioner
for the adoption of the following resolution , and upon being put to a vote , was
duly adopted .
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan , the long range, fiscally constrained transportation
plan , for portions of Orange County located within the Durham — Chapel Hill census - defined urbanized
area was adopted on March 14, 2018 by the Board of the Durham — Chapel Hill — Carrboro Metropolitan
Planning Organizations and
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WHEREAS, commuter rail between Durham and Garner is included in the 2045 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan with a horizon period of 2025 - 2035 ; and
WHEREAS, commuter rail between Hillsborough and Durham , is included in the 2045 Metropolitan
Transportation Plan with a horizon period of 2035 - 2045 % and
WHEREAS, the Greater Triangle Commuter Rail Study evaluated the feasibility and potential eligibility for
federal funding of scenarios that include service to Hillsborough and points west; and
WHEREAS, the commuter rail project management partners have drafted a Memorandum of
Understanding in support of continued project development of the first phase of the Greater Triangle
Commuter Rail Project, a commuter rail project with service originating in West Durham and continuing
east to Raleigh and points east ;
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Orange Board of County Commissioners hereby receives the
results of the Greater Triangle Commuter Rail Study and defers participation in additional study of
scenarios extending service to Hillsborough and points west to a future study effort for a potential later
phase of commuter rail , consistent with the adopted 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan on this , the
10th Day of March , 2020 .
Penny Rich , Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Orange County, North Carolina
I certify that Penny Rich personally appeared before me this day acknowledging to me that she signed
the forgoing document .
Date : March 10 , 2020
Notary Public
My commission expires .