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Triangle Regional Freight Plan
Kenneth Withrow, MPO Staff
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The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, in cooperation with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHCMPO), and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) hired the consultant services of Parsons Brinckerhoff to develop a Regional Freight Plan for the Triangle region. The proposed study was jointly funded by the agencies as mentioned above. The partnership recognizes the importance and need for these agencies to jointly address freight issues in the region. The purpose of the plan is threefold:
• To conduct a comprehensive regional study of freight, goods movement, and services mobility needs;
• To develop a framework to proactively address freight and goods movement mobility needs and challenges in our region; and
• To examine all modes of a freight transportation system with emphasis on trucks, rail and air cargo and to develop freight recommendations for the 2045 joint Metropolitan Transportation Plan.
The Executive Summary, Final Report, and Appendix associated with the Triangle Regional Freight Plan were completed in May 2018; and are located on the Capital Area MPO website.
The Triangle Regional Freight Plan will be available for public comment from August 1, 2018 through August 15, 2018, and will be considered for adoption at the August
15, 2018 Executive Board meeting.
Requested Action: Action Recommend approval of the Triangle Regional Freight Plan.