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and is needed to enhance safety around Chapel Hill High School, especially for <br />bicycle and pedestrian traffic. <br />IV. Comments On Other Tia Proiects Initiated Bv NCDOT <br />A. I-3306: widenina of I-40 to six lanes from I-85 in Orange Countv to NC 147 <br />~Buck Dean Freewav) in Durham Countv <br />Project planning and design for this facility in Orange County is in progress <br />and construction in Durham County is underway. Orange County is opposed <br />to any widening of I-40 through Orange County unless there is a commitment <br />by NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated bus lanes. Transportation <br />modeling studies indicate that the existing four-lane section from I-85 to NC <br />86 may be adequate to handle projected future traffic, but HOV lanes, along <br />with widening to a six-lane section for general traffic, will be needed to help <br />alleviate congestion from NC 86 to Wake County. <br />Orange County requests that, if funding cannot be secured through other <br />transportation programs, this project include widening the bridge on Orange <br />Grove Road over Interstate 40 to provide safe access for bicycle and <br />pedestrian traffic over the interstate as recommended in the Orange Grove <br />Road Study recently' executed by a joint committee made up of Orange <br />County and Town of Hillsborough Commissioners and staff from Orange <br />County and Hillsborough Planning Departments, Orange County Economic <br />Development Department, and NCDOT. ~ <br />Orange County also requests that NCDOT landscape interchanges for this <br />project in an aesthetic manner. <br />B. <br />Orange County is opposed to any widening of I-85 through Orange County <br />unless there is a commitment by NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated <br />bus lanes. <br />Orange County requests that its staff be allowed to participate in the planning <br />of the facility. The County is specifically interested in the following <br />infrastructure improvements as they relate to the I-85/US 70 Economic <br />Development District: <br />Erosion Control Measures - Orange County requests that permanent <br />erosion control measures be included in the project. <br />2. Landscapinq of Interchanaes - Orange County requests that NCDOT <br />landscape all reconstructed interchanges in an aesthetic manner. <br />3. Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities - Orange County requests that its staff be <br />allowed to participate in the determination of where and what type of <br />facilities are to be included in this project. Among the features requested <br />