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4 <br />lanes with intersection improvements at US 70 Bypass. The Draft 2006-2012 <br />STIP does not include this project. Orange County requests that this project be <br />identified as a need and included in the 2006-2012 STIP. The crash rate (for the <br />three-year period from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003) on the segment <br />of NC 86 from US 70 Bypass to NC 57 was 1147 crashes per 100-million vehicle <br />miles, compared to an average 217 crashes per 100-million vehicle miles on NC <br />routes in Orange County for the same three-year period. <br />NC 86 is the major north-south route through Orange County. NC 57 converges <br />into US 86 just north of US 70 Bypass. The segment of NC 86 between NC 57 <br />and US 70 is congested, rendering a high. accident location at the intersection of <br />US 70 Bypass at NC 86. Development north of Orange County (in Caswell and <br />Person Counties) will exacerbate trafi:tc congestion and accident proliferation. <br />II. Comments on Project U-3808, Elizabeth Brady Road Extension: South Of US 70 <br />Business to north of US 70 Bypass at SR 1002 (St. Mary's Road), construct <br />multilanes with new crossing of Eno River. <br />A. The proposed corridor, .discussed for many years, would require a crossing of the <br />Eno River and impact natural areas, the. river corridor and several historic <br />properties. The Orange County Board of Commissioners stresses that the <br />alignment and cross section for the project must be one that has the least impact <br />on the Eno River, the natural environment and cultural sites. <br />B. The Board would not support the option for an alignment along the ridge south of <br />the Eno River (Poplar Ridge) that creates no new crossing of the river if, of the <br />three alignments being studied, it would have the worst impact on biological and <br />hydrological environments and on cultural sites. <br />C. The Orange County Board of Commissioners supports a design that includes <br />bicycle and pedestrian facilities for the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension project <br />connecting US 70 Business with. US 70 Bypass. The Board prefers a road <br />configuration of two lanes with right-of-way reserved for four lanes (four lanes if <br />necessary). <br />III. Comments On Two TIP Projects Initiated By NCDOT <br />A. I-3306 Section A: widening of I-40 to six lanes from I-85 in Orange Countyto NC <br />147 (Buck Dean Freeway) in Durham CountLi. <br />The Orange County portion of this project is currently listed in the TIP as an <br />unfunded project; however, this project is nearing completion (estimated <br />completion in 2005) in Durham County. Project planning and design for this <br />facility was completed for both phases of the project and the environmental <br />studies rendered a Categorical Exclusion (CE) in 2000. <br />