Southwest Durham / Southeast Chapel Hill | Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro MPO, NC

DCHC MPO Adopts Collector Street Plan

The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), which is the board of elected officials that makes policy decisions for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO), approved the Southwest Durham/Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Street Plan at their meeting on April 11, 2007. The development community will use the Collector Street Plan in their development designs and local staff and citizens will use the Plan to evaluate proposed development plans. A copy of the Collector Street Plan street network and the full report are available at the links directly below.

DCHC MPO Completed Activities

DCHC MPO Public Workshop #2

The 2nd Public Workshop was held Tuesday, January 10, 2006. Participants viewed maps and information on collector street network alternatives and provided their comments to staff. You can provide your comments to us by sending an e-mail with your comments to the e-mail address below. The following sets of links provide materials that were distributed for the 2nd Public Workshop and summaries of the public comments that have been submitted.

Color 11" x 17" Maps of the 3 Alternatives

Survey Summaries and Public Comments

Letters Referenced in the Survey Summaries

DCHC MPO Public Workshop #3

The 3rd public workshop was conducted on March 21, 2006. Citizens reviewed the draft Recommended Collector Street Network, the central element of the report, and the various chapters from the draft report, and provided comments. Links below provide summaries of the public comments, and maps and report chapters as presented at the workshop (thus, these copies do not reflect any changes that might occur based on public comments from the workshop). You can submit comments to the contact listed at the bottom of this page.

Frequently Asked Questions for Final Public Workshop

Draft Collector Street Nework (as presented at the Workshop)

Draft Report (as presented at the Workshop)

Public Comments

DCHC MPO Public Workshop #4

The Final Public Workshop was held October 10, 2006 to receive comments on the Revised Collector Street Plan. Maps of the Revised Collector Street Plan, the full report, and workshop related materials are available at the links below. These are the most up-to-date documents for this project.

Public Comments

Public comments from this workshop have been compiled into two documents.

DCHC MPO TAC Collector Street Plan Review

The Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) is the decision-making board of elected officials for the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). At their May 10, 2006 meeting, the TAC received a short presentation on the Southwest Durham/Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Street Plan, asked staff questions concerning the Plan, and listened to comments from citizens who attended the meeting. The TAC voted to set a public hearing to hear citizen comments on the Collector Street Plan for their June 14, 2006 meeting. Additional information is presented in the "Public Hearing" entry below. The proposed Southwest Durham/Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Street Plan report is available on the following links:

DCHC MPO TAC Conducts Public Hearing and Requests Revisions

The TAC conducted a public hearing at their June 14, 2006 meeting to hear citizen comments on the recommended Collector Street Plan. Click this highlighted text to access the agenda and materials for this meeting. Based on citizen comments, the TAC requested that the Technical Coordinating Committee (staff advisory board to TAC) revise the recommended Plan and present the revised Plan at the August or September TAC meeting. In addition, a TAC member presented a Resolution from the Town of Chapel Hill requesting that the TAC defer action on the Collector Street Plan until the Town Council conducts a public hearing on the Plan. This public hearing is scheduled for October 18, 2006, 7PM, in the Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers. Copies of the revised Southwest Durham/Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Street Plan and relevant TAC meeting information will be posted on this Web page as it becomes available. The following links provide copies of public comments that were received in relationship to the Public Hearing: