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<br />5. NC 86 Bicycle Improvements: Should remain one of the seven projects having a Division <br />7 Priority ranking of 20 {Regional Priority ranking 43}; <br />6. NC 861NC 571US 70 Improvements: Should be Division 7 Priority 27 (Regional Priority <br />ranking 53); <br />7. US 70 Bypass Widening: Should be one of the 11 projects having a Division 7 Priority <br />ranking of 28 {Regional Priority ranking of 55}; <br />8. <br />uld be Division 7 <br />rity <br />9. Orange Grove Road Extension to US 70 Business: Should be Division 7 Priority 44 <br />(Regional Priority 86). <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Orange County recognizes I-85 as an important link <br />in the local, regional, and national highway network. The reconstruction of interchanges for 1- <br />0305, aTIP protect initiated by the NCDOT, is very important to the local area. Orange County <br />requests that the NCDOT incorporate the following items in the TIP project I-0305: <br />Environmental Considerations <br />This project would cross three tributaries of the Eno River (Cates Creek, Stony <br />Creek and Rhodes Creek}. Care should be exercised to minimize environmental and <br />water quality degradation during construction and provide culverts with sufficient <br />space far wildlife migration. Additionally, a study from 1992 identified a possible <br />connection between the Duke Forest and Eno River State Park with a connection in <br />this area (Mount Herman Church Road, SR 1713}. The County and the Triangle <br />Greenways Council have discussed this concept as part of the Triangle Greenprint <br />project. Orange County requests reservation of a pedestrian crossing linking these <br />two large open space and trail areas. <br />Orange County requests that NCDOT consider the following design features for this <br />project: <br />Design Features <br />Planning and design for this project are in progress. Right-of-way acquisition is <br />scheduled to start in FFY 2010 -FFY 2012, with construction starting in FFY 2012. <br />a. Provide HOV lanes. Orange County is opposed to any widening of I-85 through <br />Orange County unless there is a commitment by NCDOT to provide HOV and/or <br />dedicated bus lanes. <br />b. Use native plants in landscaping at interchanges for this protect. <br />c. Include noise walls or other means to reduce the effects of traffic noise on <br />residential and other uses located along the corridor. <br />d. Include any available wildlife mitigation measures, particularly at bridges. <br />