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3 <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 current. 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 />frontage roads, the feasibility study include the addition of frontage roads with <br />limited access from the corridor. <br />Development of Waterstone, a 337-acre mixed use development, is underway off <br />the east side of South Churton Street in the Hillsborough Economic Development <br />District north of I-40. Current (2003) Average Annual Daily Traffic counts on <br />Churton Street in this corridor vary from 11,000 just north of I-40 to 15,000 south <br />of I-85 to 19,000 south of the Eno River. Traffic is expected to increase <br />dramatically as Waterstone's 134 single-family houses, 128 town home/patio <br />homes, .271 apartments, 450,000 square feet of retail space, 408,000 square feet <br />of mixed use, 150,000 square feet of office space, a 20-acre community college <br />site, and more, are completed. <br />Another approved development on S. Churton Street, Oakdale Village, will add <br />over 122,000 square feet of retail and office development on the west side of <br />Churton Street north of Oakdale Drive. <br />The developers of both projects will make some improvements on South Churton <br />Street, and plans should be coordinated to provide the facilities as recommended <br />in the feasibility study for this corridor. <br />F. US 70 Bypass Widening: Widen, from the Orange/Durham County Line to the <br />US 70 - I-85 Connector east of Efland, US 70 Bypass to a four-lane divided <br />section with bike and pedestrian improvements. This project should be phased <br />to address traffic counts and existing congestion. The Draft 2006-2012 STIP <br />does not include this project. <br />G. NC 86 (North of Hillsborough) Improvements: Widen NC 86, from US 70 Bypass <br />north of Hillsborough to SR 1332, Coleman Loop (Coleman Loop also being the <br />intersection area of the planned connector between NC 86 and NC 57), to four <br />