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Bladen County

Comprehensive Transportation Plan

July 6, 2015

Elizabethtown 1

What am I going to say?

1) Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP)

2) Big Picture

3) Bladen County Maps

4) Next Steps

5) Questions/Comments

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What’s a Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP)?

• Long range 25-30 year plan • Needs List • Multi-modal

• What’s wrong with Transportation now? • What will be wrong with Transportation in the future? 3

The Steering Committee

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Develop Alternatives

Public Involvement/Comments

Adoption

Recommended Plan

Vision

Public Involvement/Surveys

Projections

Analyze Deficiencies

Typical CTP Schedule (2 years)

Data

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NEEDS

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North Carolina’s Budget

Congestion Benefit/Cost

Safety Connectivity

Economic Competitiveness Multimodal, Freight & Military

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How a Project goes from Idea to Reality

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Adoption Map

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Highway Map

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Public Transportation & Rail Map

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Bicycle Map

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Alta’s Elizabethtown Bike Plan

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Pedestrian Map

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Pedestrian Map (continued)

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Pedestrian Map (continued)

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• Towns in July.

• Public in August.

• Adoption Process in September.

• CTPs are updated ~5 years.

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Questions? Comments? Compliments?

Phil Geary Transportation Engineer NCDOT Planning Branch (919) 707-0930 pageary@ncdot.gov Joe Bailey Division Planning Engineer NCDOT Division 6 (910) 486-1493 jwbailey1@ncdot.gov Faye Lewis Mid-Carolina Rural Planning Organization (910) 323-4191 Ext. 31 flewis@mccog.org

tinyurl.com/BladenCTP

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