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20 <br />Attachment 6: Draft Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) MPO Project Priority List <br />Map ID # <br />Project <br />Project Description /Need <br />Status <br />Existing Project Score/ <br />Staff Recommendation <br />(New /Existing Project) <br />Rank <br />prioritization among highway <br />projects throughout the state but will <br />likely not rank high enough to be <br />funded at the Statewide tier. <br />New Transit and /or Rail <br />Description: Construct a train station in Hillsborough and implement AMTRAK service as <br />project." This project will <br />designated in Hillsborough's Rail Station Small Area Plan and in the Orange County Bus and <br />technically require submission <br />Rail Investment Plan. The train station could also serve future commuter rail operations and <br />by Triangle Transit; however, <br />Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and <br />Hillsborough Train <br />anchor a multimodal transportation hub in Hillsborough. <br />the project is included in the <br />consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and <br />8 <br />Station <br />priority list to act as a guide for <br />N/A <br />the STIP as project priority #8 as a new transit <br />Need: A revenue and ridership study conducted by NCDOT and AMTRAK has indicated there <br />assigning local input points to <br />and /or rail project. <br />is enough potential ridership to make a stop in Hillsborough financially feasible. The station and <br />potential projects. This project <br />service in Hillsborough would fill a sizable gap in area served along the rail line between <br />was submitted by Orange <br />Burlington and Durham. <br />County as project priority #2 in <br />2011. <br />New Transit Project." <br />This project will technically <br />require submission by Triangle <br />Ranked 10/17 among all DCHC <br />Description: Construct apark- and -ride facility to be located in the -85 /Buckhorn Road <br />Transit or the Piedmont <br />Authority for Regional <br />MPO transit projects scored in <br />2011. Final rank with MPO scores <br />Buckhorn Economic <br />Economic Development District (EDD) to collect ridership in eastern Alamance and western <br />Transportation (PART), <br />and Transportation Advisory <br />Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and <br />9 <br />Development District <br />Orange Counties. <br />however, the project is <br />Committee (TAC)- assigned points <br />consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and <br />(EDD) Park - and -Ride <br />Need: The park- and -ride facility would provide a transit connection to an area with a growing <br />included in the priority list to <br />was 14/17. Project received no <br />the STIP as project priority #9 as a new transit <br />project. <br />commuting presence to and from the Triangle region. <br />act as a guide for assigning <br />points from the TAC for the DCHC <br />local input points to potential <br />MPO draft 2014 -2020 TIP priority <br />projects. This project was <br />list. <br />submitted by Orange County <br />as project priority #4 in 2011. <br />Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization as <br />a Subregional Highway <br />Eno Mountain Road <br />Description: Realign the intersection of Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street with Orange <br />Existing Highway <br />Modernization project. Ranked <br />and Mayo Street at <br />Grove Road and make safety improvements. This project is not provided /recommended in the <br />Modernization project <br />59/149 for all Subregional <br />Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and <br />10 <br />Orange Grove Road <br />DCHC MPO MTP. <br />submitted for scoring in SPOT <br />Modernization projects scored in <br />consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and <br />intersection <br />2.0. This project was <br />the state. Ranked 16/71 by the <br />the STIP as project priority #10 as a reprioritized <br />realignment and <br />Need: The project would improve safety, reduce travel time, and improve traffic flow between <br />submitted by Orange County <br />MPO for highway projects scored in <br />highway project. <br />safety improvements <br />residential and commercial areas in the Town of Hillsborough. <br />as project priority #8 in 2011. <br />SPOT 2.0. Project is anticipated to <br />rank low among all projects scored <br />in the division tier. <br />Description: Improve Homestead Road from Old NC 86 (SR 1009) to NC 86 to include bicycle <br />lanes and sidewalks in sections of the corridor where those facilities do not exist. This project is <br />Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization as <br />provided /recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP <br />a Subregional Highway <br />Existing Highway <br />Modernization project. Ranked <br />Homestead Road <br />Need: There are three (3) schools in the vicinity of Homestead Road: Chapel Hill High School, <br />Modernization project for <br />75/149 for all Subregional <br />Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and <br />11 <br />bike lane and <br />Smith Middle School, and Seawell Elementary School. Many students live within walking and <br />submitted for scoring in SPOT <br />Modernization projects scored in <br />consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and <br />sidewalk installation' <br />biking distance of Chapel Hill High School and must walk or cycle along or across Homestead <br />2.0. This project was <br />the state. Ranked 19/71 by the <br />the STIP as project priority #11 as a reprioritized <br />Road on a daily basis. Provision of bikeway and pedestrian facilities is necessary to give <br />submitted by Orange County <br />MPO for highway projects scored in <br />highway project. <br />students a comfortable and safe place to travel separate from that of motorized vehicular <br />as project priority #9 in 2011. <br />SPOT 2.0. Project is anticipated to <br />traffic. Homestead Road is also a commuting route for adult utilitarian bicyclists connecting <br />rank low among all projects scored <br />residential areas to other arteries serving employment centers. <br />in the division tier. <br />