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Orange County approves local SPOT‑8/STIP project prioritization for submission to NCDOT

2866347 · April 1, 2025

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Summary

The board approved staff's recommended list of projects for the N.C. Department of Transportation SPOT process, authorizing submission of regional priorities for the 2027–2036 STIP; commissioners debated whether certain road widenings should be submitted as modernization rather than widening.

Orange County commissioners voted unanimously April 1 to approve the county’s prioritized project list for the N.C. Department of Transportation SPOT‑8 process and the 2027–2036 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).

Transportation staff explained that the board’s approved list goes to the regional planning organizations (MPOs and RPOs), which in turn submit a limited number of projects to NCDOT for competitive scoring and inclusion in the STIP. County staff recommended resubmitting most projects from the last SPOT cycle with some bike‑and‑pedestrian changes; the citizen advisory board recommended modifying the treatment for several highway segments—recommending modernization or additional study instead of widening.

Staff noted the SPOT/STIP process is data driven and that final programming depends on NCDOT scoring and regional allocations; county submission keeps Orange County projects in contention for any available funding. The board adopted the staff recommendation by motion to “approve the SPOT‑8 and STIP FY 2027–36 list as attachment 4.” No individual votes were recorded beyond the unanimous roll call of “aye.”

What happens next: the county’s prioritized list will be forwarded to the appropriate MPOs/RPOs for regional scoring and submission to NCDOT as part of the SPOT‑8/STIP cycle.