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NCDOT/P&E BRANCH Fax:919-733-9794 Aug 4 '97 9:22 P.03 12 • The following options were discussed regarding widening scenarios: 1)widening to five-lane curb and gutter facility;2)address five-lane cwyb and gutter widening in the EA and phase-construct it;3)construct a three-lake facility with curb and gutter and sidewalk on one side off-center of the i0 - foot right of way;4)widen to a five-lane curb and gutter for the eastern, section and taper to a three-lane shoulder section for the western section; (Seawell School Road would be a likely transition point). • Any delays caused in the project schedule by changing the project sc" would likely come from funding concerns;planning and design schedules would not be affected by a change in scope at this point in the process. • Bicycle facilities that would likely be provided with a three-lane sbouldPr section are four-foot paved shoulders,while those that would be likely bye provided with a five-lane curb and gutter facility are 14-foot outside laUi3. • Alice Gordon cqmsed concern over safety at the Airport Road(NC s4 intersection,especially regarding the crest vertical hill just west of that location. I stated that improving this vertical alignment is part of the scope of this project. • The Chapel Hill High School PTSA has communicated a desire to see aI pedestrian signal,or at least a sign with a flasher,at the High School Roitd intersection. • Much research has been done regarding the safety of two-way left turn lanes. They are found to be significantly safer than no turn-lanes and in many cases to be of comparable safety with median-divided facilities with intermitteptly permitted left turns. • It was asked if current traffic projections included a new landfill access on the west end. • Slade McCalip asked about access management,and the point was made]that unless NCDOT were to buy control of access,access management has 0 be monitored and controlled at the local level by zoning laws and land use plans. • Bus turnouts can be provided if Chapel Hill is willing to pay the additional cost. • Land owned by LNC-CH,which is to be developed in the future,is accessed from Homestead Road(other than access,the property has no frontage on Homestead Road). • The part of the project that lies outside the Chapel Hill town limits is inside the joint planning jurisdiction of Chapel-Hill and Carrboro. cc: John Watkins,PE Kathy Lassiter,PE Glenda Gibson,PE Julie Hunkins,PE