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ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST 2011 - 2017 (2012 - 2018) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM STATUS AND RECOMMENDATIONS NCDOT DIVISION DCHC MPO ORANGE PRIORITIZATION PRIORITY COUNTY PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR 2012-2018 FOR 2012- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ PRIORITY TIP 2018 TIP STAFF RECOMMENDATION 2011-17 11 NC 86 (North of Hillsborouahl Imarovements SUBMIT AS PRIORITY # 11 A NEW HIGHWAY PROPOSED NEW DESCRIPTION MOBILITY PROJECT WfTH CHANGED WIDEN NC 86 FROM US 70 BYPASS TO NORTH OF NC 57 TO FOUR LANES WITH INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT US 70 BYPASS AND NC57. DESCRIPTION AND LIMIT. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NC 86/US 70 BYPASS INTERSECTION t0 InCIUde extending the gUBUing lane for traffic tUrning east Onto US 70 BypaSS ffom northbOUnd ChUrtOn Street/NC 86. IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NC 86/NC 57 INTERSECTION TO INCLUDE SAFE CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SIDEWALK CONNECTING THE INTERSECTION OF NC 86 AND NC 57 TO AREA OF RENCHER ST. NC 86 IS the major north- south route through Orange County and is designated in North Carolina's Long-Range Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan as a Strategic Highway Corridor. NC 57 converges into US 86 just north of US 70 Bypass. The segment of NC 86 between NC 57 and US 70 is congested, rendering a high accident location at the intersection of US 70 Bypass at NC 86. DCHC MPO HAS ASKED THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SUBMIT ONLY 3 NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS. ORANGE COUNTY HAS 6 PROJECTS CONSIDERED NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS. 12 NC 86. Bicycle Facilities: Construct bicycle facilities (4-foot paved shoulders) from Chapel Hill (Whitfield Road, SR 1730, SR Bicycle Project BIKE/PED This project did not rank as one of the top 1731) to Hillsborough (US 70 Business). This project will extend bicycle facilities on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (NC86) in NCDOT SPOT #20 5 bicycle projects submitted by the DCHC Chapel Hill to US 70 Business in Hillsborough. NC 86 from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing numbers of Unranked MPO and was not ranked in the SPOT bicyclists using this route and there are also two schools along this route, A.L. Stanback Middle School and New Hope database. The estimated cost is greater Elementary School (just off NC 86 on New Hope Church Road, SR 1723). This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle Division 7 than $1,000,000 so this project would be routes proposed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan. This project is included in the Bicycle Program as an Unranked prioritized as a Highway Modernization incidental need. Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed as an independent project, and, if necessary, project. programmed in phases. REMOVE FROM PRIORITY LIST. DCHC MPO HAS ASKED THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS SUBMIT ONLY 3 NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS. ORANGE COUNTY HAS 6 PROJECTS CONSIDERED NEW HIGHWAY PROJECTS. CTI