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Coborrus County Transportation Services Finol Report — September 2015 • Continue open dialog between CCTS and its customers and agencies • Seek additional resources to bridge the gap in the underserved communities of Mount Pleasant, Midland, and Harrisburg. A second locally coordinated symposium was conducted in 2008 in preparation for submission of grants in the following year. Two projects utilizing JARC and FTA Section 5310 funding were selected and recommended by the LCP stakeholders, which prompted CCTS to apply for available funding. As a result, CCTS implemented the Cabarrus Links deviated fixed route, which connected Midland, Mount Pleasant, and Harrisburg with major employment and shopping destinations, including Concord Mills, Carolina Mall, and Carolinas Medical Center - Northeast. The Cabarrus Links routes also connected to the CK Rider system. The Cabarrus Links service was discontinued as of July 1, 2014 when most of the riders became ineligible due to the designation of an expanded portion of the County as part of the urbanized area, based on the 2010 Census. No replacement service has been implemented in the areas previously served. Concord Kannapolis Area Transit TDP FY 2015 -FY 2019 (Draft) The Concord Kannapolis Area Transit TDP is intended to identify short -term (1 -5 year) transit system improvements and funding strategies, as an eligibility requirement for receipt of federal transit funding. Chapter 6 of the TDP discusses CK Rider's priorities along with short and long -range implementation plans to meet their goals. To help meet CK rider's goal of improving efficiency while serving a growing number of riders, the chapter includes a short -term recommendation to continue coordination with COTS, recommending that CK Rider and CCTS meet monthly to discuss ongoing issues and ensure that CK Rider is providing adequate connectivity and service coverage. The TDP does not discuss CCTSs future role as the ADA provider for CK Rider Transit. The TDP calls for the addition of 1,362 revenue -hours of frequency improvement between the periods of 2017 -2021. As this doesn't expand the network, it only has a minor impact on the future CCTS /ADA service contract; the attractiveness of higher frequency service could attract additional ADA trip demand. The largest impact will come from the new service proposed along four new corridors that will definitely add to the ADA paratransit demand. Each of the four new services will have a 3/ mile ADA buffer within which the ADA policies apply. Those corridors are: • South Concord with three stops through south of Corban Avenue • Western Concord growth areas along Poplar Tent Road • Kannapolis new routes for northwest and Kannapolis Parkway • Regional service Rowan County and Mecklenburg County Attachment number 1 \n F -3 Page 84