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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) has hired the consultant services of Parsons Brinckerhoff to develop a Regional Freight Plan for the Triangle region. The proposed study is 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 Triangle Regional Freight Plan will be released for public comment from June 20 - August 15, 2018. A Public Hearing on the document is scheduled for August 15, 2018 at the Executive Board meeting.
Requested Action: Action Release for public comment, and schedule Public Hearing for August 15, 2018.