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2 , John W. Watkins, Division Engineer Mike Cowan, Division Construction Engineer H.T. Moon, Right of Way Engineer NC Board of Transportation Members: Doug Galyon, Division 7 Member Chapel Hill Staff: Richard Ternell Charles Quinlan, Police Department Orange County Staff: Slade McCalip, Planning Department At the meeting, NC DOT staff proposed four different cross-section designs for Homestead Road. These included: 1) a five lane curb and gutter road that would include wide (14') travel lanes (to accommodate bicycles)with sidewalks on both sides of the road, 2) a three lane paved shoulder(4' wide to accommodate bicycles)road that would not include sidewalks (this is what is currently programmed in the STIP for construction beginning in 2001), 3) a hybrid of both road design types whereby one half of a three lane road would have 14' wide lanes (for bicycles) with a sidewalk on the same side with a 4' paved shoulder on the opposite lane (for bicycles) with no sidewalk (the intent of this design type is to provide a sidewalk on one side of the road and also to prepare for the eventual need to widen the road to five lanes with the widening occurring only on the side of the road which has the paved shoulder), and 4) that only a portion of the road be widened to five lanes with the remainder widened to three lanes (with Seawell School Road as the likely transition area from five to three lanes). As the meeting progressed, it became apparent that there were three main issues of concern to local officials. These included: 1) the adequacy of the proposed capacity improvements for moving vehicles (i.e., are five lanes needed now instead of three), 2)whether or not sidewalks would be provided, and 3) whether or not bicycle facilities would be included in the proposed improvements.