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Statewide Prioritization (SPOT 6.0) Update
Alex Rickard, MPO Staff
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The MPO completed the prioritization process for the FY 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) in 2018 through the SPOT 5.0 process. The MPO is scheduled to adopt the 2020-2029 TIP in August 2019.
The MPO is now beginning the process of developing the 2022-2031 STIP through the SPOT 6.0 process. The SPOT process involves three specific actions by the MPO:
• the selection of project to be submitted into the prioritization process for scoring
• assignment of local input points to Regional Impact and Division Needs category projects
• adoption of the corresponding Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
MPO staff will review the process and schedule for the Statewide Prioritization (SPOT) 6.0 cycle. The first step is for the MPO to select new candidate projects for prioritization.
• All projects receiving funding for ROW or construction in the first six years of the 2020-2029 STIP are considered “committed” and not subject to reprioritization.
• Projects receiving funding in the last four years (2026-2029), having a completed or active NEPA document, sibling projects to committed projects are considered “existing projects” for SPOT 6.0 and do not need to be resubmitted
• The MPO can submit up to 44 new projects per mode
• All new projects must be submitted to NCDOT by 5:00 PM on December 20, 2019
• The MPO has opened a call for bike/ped and transit projects through June 28, 2019
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