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6 <br />3. Infrastructure Improvements <br />Orange County requests the following infrastructure improvements as they <br />relate to the I-85/US 70 Economic Development District. <br />a. Erosion Control Measures -Orange County requests that permanent <br />erosion control measures be included in the project. <br />b. Landscaping of Interchanges -Orange County. requests that NCDOT <br />landscape all reconstructed interchanges in an aesthetic manner. <br />c. Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities -Orange County requests that its staff be <br />allowed to participate in the determination of where and what type of <br />facilities are to be included in this project. Among the features requested <br />for inclusion are sidewalks and bike lanes (see the Regional Bicycle Plan <br />for Durham and Orange Counties) along roads where interchange <br />improvements are required and adequate guardrails on overpasses. <br />d. Wildlife Corridor Under I-85 (in the vicinity of US70 Interchange) -Orange <br />County requests that its staff be allowed to participate during the planning <br />stage and that this issue be brought to the attention of the NCDOT Staff <br />Biologist. Constructing this wildlife corridor is one of the recommendations <br />presented in the "The New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan: <br />Proposals for Linking Duke Forest and Eno River State Park." Orange <br />County also requests that NCDOT consult county staff in designing the <br />interchange at US 70 to provide a pedestrian trail under I-85 (along Mt. <br />Herman Church Road) linking New Hope Creek and the Eno River (New <br />Hope Rustic Woodland Trail proposed as an element of the Lands Legacy <br />Program). <br />e. Intersection of Pleasant Green Road (SR 1567) & Mt Herman Church <br />Road (SR 1713) - NCDOT Division 7 Traffic Engineers have <br />recommended that this intersection be included as a part of I-305 because <br />of its proximity to the I-85/US 70 interchange. The entire. intersection <br />should be realigned so that Pleasant Green Road intersects US 70 at a <br />90-degree angle. <br />f. US 70 Interchange: Orange. County requests that reconstruction of the <br />interchange at US 70 be designed to accommodate future widening of US <br />70, and that a reasonable section of US 70 near the interchange be <br />upgraded to provide for a suitable transition from/to I-85. <br />g. Mt Herman. Church Road (SR 1713) -Preliminary plans by the Planning & <br />Environmental Branch, Division of Highways of NCDOT indicate that this <br />road may be relocated as part of I-305. Orange County requests that this <br />road be designed with 12' wide travel lanes and 4' wide bicycle lanes for a <br />total paved width of 32'. <br />