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26 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) Road on a daily basis. Provision of bikeway and pedestrian facilities is necessary to give 2011 in SPOT 2.0. Project is anticipated students a comfortable and safe place to travel separate from that of motorized vehicular to rank low among all projects traffic. Homestead Road is also a commuting route for adult utilitarian bicyclists connecting scored in the division tier. residential areas to other arteries serving employment centers. New Transit Project." This project will technically require submission by Triangle Transit or the Piedmont Ranked 10/17 among all DCHC Description: Construct apark- and -ride facility to be located in the -85 /Buckhorn Road Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) ; MPO transit projects scored in 20 Final rank with MPO scores Buckhorn Economic Economic Development District (EDD) or Mebane area to collect ridership in eastern Alamance however, the project is and Transportation Advisory an Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and 13 Development District (EDD) /Mebane Area and western Orange Counties. included in the priority Committee (TAC)- assigned points consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the Park - and -Ride Need: The park- and -ride facility would provide a transit connection to an area with a growing list to act as a guide for was 14/17. Project received no STIP as project priority #13 as a new transit project. commuting presence to and from the Triangle region. assigning local input points from the TAC for the DCHC points to potential MPO draft 2014 -2020 TIP priority projects. This project list. was submitted by Orange County as project priority #4 in 2011. Existing Highway Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization Description: Widen 1 -40 from four (4) lanes to six (6) lanes from the 1- 40/1 -85 interchange to the Mobility Project as a Statewide Highway Mobility Durham County line. The project is recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. submitted for scoring in SPOT 2.0. This project project. Ranked 54/306 for all Statewide Mobility projects scored was not submitted by in the state. Project ranked 63/71 Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and 14 40 Widening Need: According to data from NCDOT, traffic along this corridor is near capacity and is Orange County in 2011 by the MPO for highway projects consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the expected to exceed capacity in future ears. The project would reduce congestion and travel but is already in the scored in SPOT 2.0. Project is STIP as project priority #14 as a re prioritized highway p g y time and will likely score relatively well when compared to other projects submitted because of DCHC MPO TIP and the anticipated to rank higher for project. the added emphasis on congestion and benefit -cost. This project is eligible for funding at the STIP and is considered SPOT 3.0 prioritization among statewide, regional and divisional tiers. a project of regional highway projects throughout the significance. state. Scored in SPOT 2.0 prioritization Existing Highway as a Statewide Highway Mobility Mobility Project project. Two separate segments submitted for scoring in scored for the project ranked Description: Widen 1 -85 from four (4) lanes to six (6) lanes from the 1- 40/1 -85 interchange to the SPOT This project 150/306 and 220/306 for Statewide Durham County line and reconstruct interchanges and bridge structures. The project is s was not of s ubmitted by Mobility projects scored in the Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and 15 85 Widening recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. Orange County in state. Project ranked 68/71 by the consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the but is already in he the MPO for highway projects scored STIP as project priority #15 as a reprioritized highway Need: The project would reduce congestion and travel time along the corridor during peak DCHC MPO TIP and the s in SPOT 2.0. Project is anticipated project. periods. This project is eligible for funding at the statewide, regional and divisional tiers. S and is considered to rank higher for SPOT 3.0 a p a project of regional prioritization among highway significance. projects throughout the state but will likely not rank high enough to be funded at the Statewide tier. Description: Construct a multi -use path connecting the southwest corner of Patriots Pointe to Submit to DCHC MPO for SPOT 3.0 scoring and Trail Connection from Timbers Drive to shorten walking distances for pedestrians. New Pedestrian /Safe consideration of inclusion in the DCHC MPO TIP and the 16 Patriots Pointe to Routes to School N/A STIP as project priority #16 as a new pedestrian /Safe Timbers Drive Need: Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to Project" Routes to School project. If project is not selected as a School Action Plan. An existing barrier to pedestrians exists between Patriots Point Apartments successful Safe Routes to School- funded project, the County and Timbers Drive such that long walking distances are required for pedestrians from Patriots must commit to provide the required 20% local match,