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21 <br />September 3, 2010 <br />Figure 2 -MIS Recommended Alignment <br /> ~xhilsi# ES-2 <br /> ~ _ U~ 15-501 lfrilS <br /> <br />µ ,~ + _ - ~ ~ Phase I[ <br />~ ~?` s <br />, Recommended <br /> _ <br />' Transit Corridor <br /> "w, .~ ~.. <br /> ~, a. ~ <br />~' .. ..,,. LE~ENE3 <br /> ~~.. ~ r <br />.,, ~ z~ s <br /> <br /> ~.~ r~ ~. oew,aa~a <br /> ~ ~ N haere~ <br />7TA hFsxae ~ <br /> ~~ "l s~ <br /> <br /> _ ~ ~ <br /> Chapel Nill Durham t~ <br /> ~. <br />~ <br />~: <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />y~ a <br />~ <br />~ <br />' SVE <br />d <br />- ~4Y1~ <br />`~y, <br />`~ <br />~ . S <br />Gar <br />~~ <br />< ,~ <br />,~ <br />ut+c <br />~ <br />{ <br />. <br />~' <br />9 $ ~" ' HNTB <br /> <br />~F ~,~ o , s s s <br />• The design of the recent 54 East project was required to accommodate the adopted alignment. <br />• The design of Creekside Elementary School was also affected by and was required to preserve <br />land for the adopted alignment. <br />• Planning for high density, mixed-use, transit-oriented development for the Leigh Village <br />property has been ongoing for several years, on the assumption that the land must be preserved <br />for the alignment and as a station that will be located there. The planning also assumes that the <br />station will be a multi-modal hub that serves express buses from t-40 to the east, as well as a <br />major park-and-ride center. <br />• The University has undertaken preliminary planning for the Friday Center property on the <br />assumption that a station will be located there. <br />Conclusion <br />The regional rail plan, and its feasibility, hinges on high density, transit-oriented development occurring <br />at many of the stations. Much of this development will be undertaken by the private sector, and in some <br />cases appropriate development has commenced, has been planned, or is in the planning phases. In <br />making financial commitments, developers and their financial backers need to be assured that an <br />alignment formally adopted by local governments will not be retracted. <br />ADDITIONAL FACTORS <br />There are several additional factors that favor remaining in the NC 54 corridor, though these do not <br />preclude the US 15-501 corridor as an option. It also should be noted, however, that Alignment 3 is <br />approximately two miles shorter than the NC 54 options, thus potentially providing some cost savings, <br />and Alignment 3 also may have the least impacts on the natural environment. Regardless, these <br />4 <br />