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ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST <br />2011 - 2017 DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br />METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />TIP Project No. EB-4980, SR 1006 (Orange Grove Road) at Interstate 40: Construct <br />a pedestrian bridge over I-40. Interstate 40 separates two schools, Grady Brown <br />Elementary and Cedar Ridge High School, from residential areas north of the <br />interstate. The schools are within walking and cycling distance from residential <br />areas but bicyclists and pedestrians must share the roadway with motor vehicles <br />crossing the narrow two-lane bridge that carries Orange Grove Road over Interstate <br />40. The bridge is too narrow to accommodate a pedestrian walkway. Lack of an <br />adequate pedestrian crossing presents an unsafe environment for students to walk <br />to the schools. The "Access Management and Awareness Project and Report for <br />Orange Grove Road" recommends this project. Orange County has received a Safe <br />Routes to School Action Plan Service Award to develop a plan to make walking and <br />bicycling to Grady Brown Elementary School safer and more appealing. <br />2. Hillsborough Train Station:. Construct a train station in Hillsborough and request <br />AMTRAK service to Orange County. The train station can also serve future <br />commuter rail operations and anchor a multimodal transportation hub in <br />Hillsborough. A revenue and ridership study conducted by the North Carolina <br />Department of Transportation Rail Division and AMTRAK has indicated that there is <br />enough potential ridership to make a stop in Hillsborough financially feasible. <br />3. TIP Proiect No.R-2825, SR 1009 (South Churton Street) Improvements: Develop <br />congestion management, limited access, aesthetic and capacity improvements <br />including bicycle and pedestrian improvements between US 70 Business and <br />Interstate 40. The portion between Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design <br />criteria of the Economic Development District Design Manual (4-lane divided section <br />with bike and pedestrian improvements). The feasibility study completed by NCDOT <br />in February 2002 recommends a 4-lane divided curb and gutter cross section, with <br />16-foot median, for the entire corridor from I-40 to the Eno River. Orange County <br />stresses the need to study improvements within the current right-of-way for the <br />segment north of Interstate 85. Improved capacity through widening is not the <br />County's first choice because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US <br />70 Business and the proximity of the historic district north of the project limits. <br />Orange County requests that, where conditions do not prevent the addition of <br />frontage roads, the feasibility study include the addition of frontage roads with limited <br />access from the corridor. <br />4. SR 1009 (Old NC 86) Bicycle Facilities: Construct bicycle facilities on Old NC 86 <br />from Hillsborough Road in Carrboro to I-40 in Hillsborough. This route along Old NC <br />86, from Carrboro's Transition Area just north of Eubanks Road (SR 1727) to Rippy <br />Lane (SR 1224), is priority 6 of the primary bicycle routes listed in the Orange <br />County Bicycle Transportation Plan. This project would extend bicycle <br />accommodations requested in TIP Project R-2825 (South Churton Street bicycle <br />lanes from Interstate 40 to the Eno River) to Hillsborough Road in Carrboro and <br />