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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 curb and gutter widening in the EA and phase-construct it;3)construct a three-1 ate_ facility with curb and gutter and sidewalk on one side off-center of the I 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 scope would likely come from fu xUft 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 shoulder 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 lanes. • Alice Gordon expressed concern over safety at the Airport Road(NC 86) 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 P'I'SA has communicated a desire to see aI pedestrian signal,or at kart a sign with a flasher,at the High School Road 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 medimn-divided facilities with intermittently permitted left t»ins. • It was asked if ctaient traffic prolecdms mcludid 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 cwMal 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 ardditioral cost. • Land owned by LtNC-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 uWde the joint planning jurisdiction of Chapel-Hill and Carrboro. cc: John Watkins,PE Kathy Lassiter,PE Glenda Gibson,PE Julie Hunkins,PE