light rail
from the DCHC MPO website. The outline below does not state the date for the county commissioners vote, but it is expected to take place June 5. Approval of the bus and rail plan by the MPO is a prerequisite to holding the referencum
http://dchcmpo.com/
Item 7c on the Orange Couny Commissioners agrenda for Tuesday 5/14 7 pm (Southern Human Services Center):
c.
Orange County Transit Plan and Related
Agreements
The Board
will consider adoption of the Orange County Transit Plan and consider approval
of the Durham/Orange Cost Share Agreement, the Orange County/Triangle Transit
Implementing Agreement and the Do Not Levy Agreement and authorize the Chair to
sign if approved.
http://www.co.orange.nc.us/OCCLERKS/1205157c.pdf
42 pages of detail for you to peruse. If approved, then a public hearing and vote June 5 on the actual referendum call for November
The Orange County Board of Commissioners will vote in May, one week after the primary election, whether to put a half-cent transit tax on the ballot for voters to decide. The transit tax is a critical component of our region's long-term transit and growth plans, and it's time for Orange County voters to join Durham County and vote for expanded transit service to ensure a more sustainable Orange County in the future.
Scoping is an important element of the environmental assessment and
review process, and involves active consultation and participation of
the public, their elected officials, and interested government agencies,
from whom input on the alternatives under consideration and the
potential ipacts is being requested.
Triangle Transit will be hosting drop-in style Scoping Meetings on May 2 and May 3,
2012, to identify and define the issues to be studied in detail in the
federally required NEPA environmental process.
Date:
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Extraordinary Ventures, 200 S. Elliot Rd., Chapel Hill.
Ask County staff questions about the proposed transit plan!
Date:
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Orange County Campus West Office Building, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC
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