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- Publicized through email, brochures, newsletters, listservs <br /> Karen Lincoln said that the DCHC-MPO first received a presentation on the strategic highway <br /> corridor in concept in December 2005, which was over a year after the plan had been adopted <br /> by the Board of Transportation. Comments were sent to representatives noting that several <br /> roads had been designated differently than they had done in their long-range transportation <br /> plan. <br /> How Were the Corridors Selected? <br /> Quantifiable Criteria Subjective Criteria <br /> Current and future traffic volumes Corridor role and function <br /> Route classification Significance to a region <br /> Truck traffic percentages Historical role in national/statewide movement <br /> Statewide Strategic Corridors Characteristics <br /> - High traffic volumes, high truck % <br /> - Serve long-distance travel (Murphy to Manteo) <br /> - Major users include long-haul trucks and tourists (people passing through) <br /> - Connect major activity centers, major military <br /> - Bases, state ports, and major airports <br /> - Statewide Strategic Corridors are <br /> o Desired to be signal-free roads: Freeways and Expressways <br /> Regional Strategic Corridors Characteristics <br /> - Significant traffic volumes <br /> - Serve regional destinations (Chapel Hill to Danville) <br /> - Major users include commuters and locals (people that live and work in the area) <br /> - Connect regional activity centers <br /> Desired to be built to highest appropriate design <br /> - 4 lane divided higway OR 2 lane road with extra turn lane <br /> Strategic Highway Corridor Facility Types (table) <br /> Strategic Highway Corridors Vision Plan (map) <br /> Triangle Strategic Highway Corridors (map) <br /> Strategic Highway Corridors Local Jurisdiction Role <br /> Short Term <br /> - Promote importance of good access management and land use coordination <br /> - Protest corridors to maintain high quality of service <br /> Long Term <br /> - Consideration of strategic corridors in planning process (incorporate into local <br /> transportation plans) <br />