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e. Incorporate bridge designs that allow wildlife to cross safely under the bridge <br />and that allow pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system <br />connectors. <br />3. Infrastructure Improvements <br />Orange County requests the following infrastructure improvements as they relate to <br />the I-85/US 70 Economic Development District. <br />a. Erosion Control Measures -Orange County requests that permanent erosion <br />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 facilities <br />are to be included in this project. Among the features requested for inclusion <br />are sidewalks and bike lanes (see the Regional Bicycle Plan for Durham and <br />Orange Counties) along roads where interchange improvements are required <br />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 stage <br />and that this issue be brought to the attention of the NCDOT Staff Biologist. <br />Constructing this wildlife corridor is one of the recommendations presented in <br />the "The New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan: Proposals for Linking <br />Duke Forest and Eno River State Park." Orange County also requests that <br />NCDOT consult county staff in designing the interchange at US 70 to provide a <br />pedestrian trail under I-85 (along Mt. Herman Church Road, SR 1713) linking <br />New Hope Creek and the Eno River (New Hope Rustic Woodland Trail <br />proposed as an element of the Lands Legacy Program). <br />e. Intersection of Pleasant Green Road (SR 1567) & Mt Herman Church Road (SR <br />1713 - NCDOT Division 7 Traffic Engineers have recommended that this <br />intersection be included as a part of I-0305 because of its proximity to the I- <br />85/US 70 interchange. The entire intersection should be realigned so that <br />Pleasant Green Road intersects US 70 at a 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 70, <br />and that a reasonable section of US 70 near the interchange be upgraded to <br />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 road <br />