1. NC 160/Steele Creek Road Widening Update
Steele Creek Residents Association
February 27, 2014

2. Formerly known as Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization
CRTPO Overview
Formerly known as Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning Organization
Responsible for transportation planning in Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties
Core responsibility: allocation of federal transportation funds
Primary tasks
Metropolitan Transportation Plan
Transportation Improvement Program

3. 2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Steele Creek Road Projects
2040 MTP
2040 Metropolitan Transportation Plan
300 road projects ranked
Rankings endorsed by policy board October 2013
Steele Creek Road Projects
Segment
Rank
Time Period
Shopton Road W. to S. Tryon St. 50
S. Tryon St. to SC state line 61

4. Establishes priorities in Transportation Improvement Program
NCDOT Prioritization
Next step in process
Establishes priorities in Transportation Improvement Program
Steele Creek Road projects in database
Process steps
NCDOT assesses projects and issues scores (May)
CRTPO applies local points using approved methodology (May-July)
NCDOT develops draft state TIP (Sept-Oct)
Draft state TIP released in December

5. crtpo.org 2040 MTP Comment Period Public comment period until March 19
Meetings
March 4 Char-Meck Main Library 4:30-6:30 PM
March 6 Indian Trail 5:00-7:00 PM
March 7 Charlotte Chamber 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
crtpo.org