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ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST <br />2006 - 2012 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />6. US 70 Bypass Widening: Widen, from the Orange/Durham County Line to <br />the US 70 - I-85 Connector east of Efland, US 70 Bypass to a four-lane <br />divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements. This project should <br />be phased to address traffic counts. and existing congestion. Orange County <br />requests that this project be identified as a need and included in the 2006- <br />2012 STI P. <br />7. NC 86 (North of Hillsborough) Improvements: Widen NC 86, from US 70 <br />Bypass north of Hillsborough to SR 1332, Coleman Loop (Coleman Loop also <br />being the intersection area of the planned connector between NC 86 and NC <br />57), to four lanes with intersection improvements at US 70 Bypass.. NC 86 is <br />the major north-south route through Orange County. NC 57 converges into <br />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 <br />of US 70 Bypass at NC 86. Development pressures in this area will <br />exacerbate traffic congestion and accident proliferation. <br />ORANGE COUNTY PROJECTS OUTSIDE <br />THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br />METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA <br />1) Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) Widening: Widen from US 70 to West Ten Road <br />(SR 1144) to a multilane facility. This stretch of roadway borders the western <br />boundary of the I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District EDD). <br />This area is the focus of a growing problem of traffic backing up on the <br />northbound exit ramps of I-85 caused by northbound traffic exiting I-85 onto <br />southbound Buckhorn Road and turning left into a nonconforming business <br />use just south of the interchange. With increased interest in extending water <br />and sewer and reconsidering proposed uses within the EDD, improvements <br />to the transportation system to support plans for that district are necessary to <br />attract the desired planned development. <br />2) Park and Ride Lot in the Buckhorn Economic Development District:. Orange <br />County requests a park and ride facility (from the adopted Orange County <br />Economic Development District Design Manual) be funded in the Community <br />Transportation Improvement Plan for Orange Public Transportation. This <br />project is clearly justified, as it would provide an opportunity for coordination <br />of public transportation efforts between two growing regions in North Carolina, <br />the Triad and Triangle. <br />3 <br />