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m Attachment 3: Draft Triangle Area Regional Planning Organization (TARPO) Project Priority List Map ID # Project Project Description /Need Status Existing Project Score/ Staff Recommendation (New /Existing Project) Rank Description: Widen NC 54 from Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to Neville Road (SR 1945) (DCHC MPO boundary) from a two (2) -lane, 24 -foot undivided thoroughfare to a four (4) -lane divided boulevard type thoroughfare with a travel - prohibitive median to improve mobility and provide better access control. This project is recommended in the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan ( OCCTP). Need: NCDOT projections reveal that traffic on NC 54 from Orange Grove Road to Neville Road will substantially exceed the existing roadway capacity by 2035, warranting an increase Submit to TARPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and incapacity through widening. NCDOT traffic figures already indicate that traffic along the consideration of inclusion in the TARPO regional 1 NC 54 Widening segment of NC 54 from Butler Road /Dodsons Cross Road to Neville Road is at capacity and New Highway Project N/A priority list and STIP as project priority #1 as a new will only continue to substantially exceed capacity in future years. Among all projects highway project. recommended in the OCCTP, this project would likely score the highest relative to other projects given the improvements the project would provide for both congestion and benefit -cost factors. This project is also eligible for funding at both the regional and divisional tiers, providing it a greater opportunity to be funded than projects that are only eligible for funding at the division tier. The extension of this project into the Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO) planning area is recommended as project priority #5 in Orange County's DCHC MPO priority list. For this project to be funded, the corresponding project in the DCHC MPO planning area would also need to be funded. Description: Widen Efland -Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) from Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) to the northern property line of the U.S. Post Office north of Carr Store Road SR 1352) from a two (2) -lane, 20 -foot cross section to a 24 -foot cross section with straightening of the roadway where needed, improvements to turn lanes, and the incorporation of bicycle facilities. This Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization as project is recommended in the OCCTP. Existing Highway a Subregional Highway Modernization Project Modernization project. Ranked This project proposal overlaps with STIP project W -5143 to improve the horizontal alignment of submitted for scoring in SPOT 43/149 for all Subregional Highway Submit to TARPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and Efland -Cedar Grove the curve on Efland -Cedar Grove Road north of its intersection with Highland Farm Road. This 2.0. This project was Modernization projects scored in consideration of inclusion in the TARPO regional 2 Road (SR 1004) project is scheduled for construction in April 2014 and for completion in December 2014. recommended by staff in 2011 the state. Project is anticipated to priority list and STIP as project priority #2 as a Improvements to be removed from the project rank low for SPOT 3.0 because it reprioritized highway project. Need: The project would improve travel time with an increase in design speed and would priority list for Orange County would not score well with the improve safety with travel lane straightening and an increase in pavement width. This segment and was subsequently State's adopted mobility scoring of Efland -Cedar Grove Road is a travel alternative to NC 86 for traffic from northwestern removed before submission. factors. Orange County to access 1- 40/85, and as such, traffic is projected to continue to increase in future years. This project is not likely to score very high using the State's congestion scoring factor and is only eligible for funding at the division tier. However, the project may score well against the State's safety scoring factor. Description: Widen Dairyland Road (SR 1004/1113/1177) from Union Grove Church Road (SR 1111) to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to include four (4) -foot paved shoulders. Part of this Existing Highway Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization as project is located within the DCHC MPO planning area. The portion of this project within the Modernization Project a Subregional Highway DCHC MPO planning area is being recommended for inclusion in that priority list. This project submitted for scoring in SPOT Modernization project. Ranked is scheduled in the STIP for a feasibility study (STIP # EB- 5108). The project is recommended 2.0. This project was 62/149 for all Subregional Submit to TARPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and 3 ai Road as a bikeway improvement in the OCCTP but will be submitted as a highway project with a cost exceeding $1,000,000. submitted by Orange County Modernization projects scored in consideration of inclusion in the TARPO regional P Paveed d S Shoulders' as one segment of project the state. Project is anticipated to priority list and STIP as project priority #3 as a Need. This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western priority #1 in 2011. The project rank low for SPOT 3.0 because it reprioritized highway project. Orange County from Carrboro to the Buckhorn Road and Mebane area and improve the safety was scored in separate would not score well with the of the subject thoroughfare for motorized vehicular travel. The project is not likely to score very segments in SPOT 2.0. State's adopted mobility scoring high using the State's congestion and benefit -cost scoring factors and is only eligible for factors. funding at the division tier. However, the project may score well against the State's safety scoring factor.