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25 Attachment 6: Draft Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) MPO Project Priority List Project Status Existing Project Score/ Rank /Map Project Project Description /Need (New /Existing Rank Staff Recommendation ID # Project) state. The project will be scored as a regional and /or division tier project for SPOT 3.0 and is anticipated to be among the higher scoring projects within these tiers with the added emphasis on congestion and benefit -cost. Description: Implement park- and -ride improvements in Hillsborough for cross - county, fixed - route service between Mebane and Durham. New Transit Project (Not Need: The Five -Year Orange County Bus Service Expansion Program currently under previously submitted)." development may recommend park- and -ride improvements to be made in Hillsborough to connect Hillsborough area residents to proposed cross - county fixed -route service to be This project was Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and Park -and Ride implemented by Triangle Transit. The location, extent and cost of improvements have not yet technically submitted by consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and STIP Triangle Transit, 9 Improvements in been determined; however, if the proposed improvements are awarded Federal and State N/A as project priority #9 as a new transit project. Hillsborough funding sources, a minimum 10% percent local match would be required. however, the project is (Conceptual) included in the priority Project will also be submitted for consideration of STP -DA Revenue from thel /2- percent sales tax and the vehicle registration fee can be expended on list to act as a guide for funding to be determined internally by the MPO. park- and -ride improvements, however, it is likely that the source of local match funding for this assigning local input project would come from Triangle Transit's share of revenue for bus service expansion. This points to potential project submission is meant to be a placeholder for the finer details of specific park- and -ride projects. improvement needs to be determined when the recommendations for those needs are finalized. New Transit and /or Rail project." Description: Construct a train station in Hillsborough and implement AMTRAK service as This project will technically require designated in Hillsborough's Rail Station Small Area Plan and in the Orange County Bus and submission Triangle Rail Investment Plan. The train station could also serve future commuter rail operations and Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and Transit; howeever, the 10 Hillsborough Train anchor a multimodal transportation hub in Hillsborough . project is included in the N/A consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the Station : Need A revenue and ridership study conducted by NCDOT and AMTRAK has indicated there priority list to act as a STIP as project priority #10 as a new transit and /or rail is enough potential ridership to make a stop in Hillsborough financially feasible. The station and guide for assigning local input points to potential project. service in Hillsborough would fill a sizable gap in area served along the rail line between projects. This project Burlington and Durham. was submitted by Orange County as project priority #2 in 2011. Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization Existing Highway as a Subregional Highway Eno Mountain Road Description: Realign the intersection of Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street with Orange Modernization project Modernization project. Ranked and Mayo Street at Grove Road and make safety improvements. This project is not provided /recommended in the submitted for scoring in 59/149 for all Subregional Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and 11 Orange Grove Road DCHC MPO MTP. SPOT 2.0. This project Modernization projects scored in consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the intersection was submitted by the state. Ranked 16/71 by the STIP as project priority #11 as a reprioritized highway realignment and Need: The project would improve safety, reduce travel time, and improve traffic flow between Orange County as MPO for highway projects scored project. safety improvements residential and commercial areas in the Town of Hillsborough. project priority #8 in in SPOT 2.0. Project is anticipated 2011 to rank low among all projects scored in the division tier. Description: Improve Homestead Road from Old NC 86 (SR 1009) to NC 86 to include bicycle Existing Highway Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization lanes and sidewalks in sections of the corridor where those facilities do not exist. This project is Modernization project for as a Subregional Highway Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and Homestead Road provided /recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP submitted for scoring in Modernization project. Ranked consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the 12 bike lane and SPOT 2.0. This project 75/149 for all Subregional STIP as project priority #12 as a reprioritized highway sidewalk installation' Need: There are three (3) schools in the vicinity of Homestead Road: Chapel Hill High School, was submitted by Modernization projects scored in project. Smith Middle School, and Seawell Elementary School. Many students live within walking and Orange County as the state. Ranked 19/71 by the biking distance of Chapel Hill High School and must walk or cycle along or across Homestead project priority #9 in MPO for highway projects scored