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Technical Community College Orange Campus park and ride lot and four (4) bike racks and <br />installation on OPT buses. <br />OPT has developed a business plan showing projected rider-ship, marketing, operating <br />specifics and resources needed to operate the service for the first three years and beyond. <br />There is a one-year time frame from the date of the signed contract to obtain construction <br />authorization for the transit shelter and the County has athree-year window to obligate each <br />year's CMAQ allocation for transit operations. The Town and County must move forward in <br />committing resources for the intra-Hillsborough transit service if they wish to take advantage of <br />the CMAQ funds. <br />Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the Boards can discuss issues <br />related to this item as necessary. <br />Attachment 2 -Background Report with OPT Business Plan and Operating Costs <br />Projection <br />3. Next Steps to Address Churton Street Traffic Congestion Following NCDOT's No- <br />Build Decision on Elizabeth Brady Road <br />As the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has endorsed the No Build <br />alternative for the Elizabeth Brady Road project at the request of both boards and Orange <br />County residents, the Boards can proceed with discussing next steps to address traffic on <br />Churton Street. <br />Opening a dialog with NCDOT through the new board member and staff could be an important <br />first step to identifying a process. A joint approach seems desirable. The quarterly meetings <br />NCDOT holds with County representatives may be a place to begin the discussion. <br />Below is the list of alternatives the town prepared and discussed in November before endorsing <br />the no build option. <br />Existing requests/projects: <br />- Update and modernize I-85 interchange 165 on NC 86 <br />-Update the Feasibility Study for the widening of South Churton Street (TIP R-2825) and <br />construct recommended improvements <br />- Conduct a Feasibility Study for the construction of Orange Grove Street extension to US 70 <br />Business <br />- Conduct a Feasibility Study for the alignment of Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street (TIP <br />U-3436) and construct recommended improvements <br />- Operational support funding for an in town circulating bus route <br />New Requests: <br />- Designate a NC 86 Bypass <br />- Enhanced signage East, West, and North of Hillsborough to direct through traffic to use the <br />US 70 connector and interstates <br />- A Downtown Traffic Demand Management and efficiency assessment <br />-Assess the impacts and viability of extending US 70 A west to connect with Faribault Lane <br />- Community railroad crossing assessment <br />- Assess the condition of the Eno River bridge and railroad bridge on South Churton Street <br />