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2 <br />There are three schools in the vicinity of Homestead Road: Chapel Hill High <br />School, Smith Middle School and Seawell Elementary School. Many students <br />live within walking distance and cycling distance to Chapel Hill High School and <br />must walk or cycle along Homestead Road, and cross the road daily. Provision <br />of sidewalks is of utmost importance for the safety of students and other <br />pedestrians who use. this corridor. Provision of bicycle facilities is, likewise, <br />necessary for the safety of students and others. <br />C. NC 86, Bicycle Lanes: Construct bicycle lanes (4-foot paved shoulders) from <br />Chapel Hill (Whitfield Road) to Hillsborough (US 70 Business). The Draft 2006- <br />2012 STIP does not include this project. This project will extend bicycle lanes on <br />Airport Road (NC86) in Chapel Hill to US 70 Business in Hillsborough. Bicycle <br />lanes have been completed along NC 86 from UNC to Whitfield Road (SR 1731) <br />in Orange County. NC 86 from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing <br />increasing numbers of bicyclists using this route. Also, there are two schools <br />along this route (A.L. Stanback Middle School and New Hope Elementary <br />School). This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle routes proposed in <br />the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted April 6, 1999. This <br />project is listed in the 2002-2008 TIP, as an incidental bicycle need. Orange <br />County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed as an independent project, <br />and, if necessary, programmed in phases. <br />D. OId NC 86 (SR 1009) Bicycle Lanes: Construct bicycle lanes (4-foot paved <br />shoulders) from Carrboro (Eubanks Road) to Hillsborough (I-40). The Draft <br />2006-2012 STIP does not include this project. This route, from the Carrboro <br />Transition area (Hickory Forest Road) to Lafayette Drive, is identified in the <br />Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan, and would extend bicycle <br />accommodations requested in TIP Project R-2825 to Carrboro. The Town of <br />Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee has also established bicycle routes <br />on Old NC 86 as a transportation priority connection between proposed bicycle <br />facilities along Old Fayetteville Road, Homestead Road and Eubanks Road. <br />E. R-2825 Improvements to South Churton Street: Develop congestion <br />management, limited access, aesthetic and capacity improvements between US <br />70 Business and Interstate 40. The Draft 2006-2012 STIP does not include this <br />project. Orange County requests that NCDOT fund this project. <br />The portion between Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design criteria of <br />the Economic Development District Design Manual (4-lane divided section with <br />bike and pedestrian improvements). The feasibility study completed in February <br />2002 recommends a 4-lane divided, with 16-foot median, curb and gutter cross <br />section for the entire corridor from I-40 to Eno River. Orange County stresses <br />the need to study improvements within the can-ent right-of-way for the segment <br />north of Interstate 85. Improved capacity through widening is not the County's <br />first choice because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US 70 <br />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 />