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5 <br /> Attachment 1A <br /> ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST <br /> 2014— 2020 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br /> FOR THE REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST OF <br /> THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br /> 1. Dairyland Road/Orange Grove Road/Buckhorn Road bicycle facilities. construct 4-ft. <br /> paved shoulders along the following route from Carrboro to West Ten Road to <br /> provide a connection with proposed routes to Mebane and Elfand. <br /> • TIP Project EB-5108: Dairyland Road (SR 1112 - SR 1113 — SR 1177) from <br /> Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006); <br /> • Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from Dairyland Road (SR 1177) to Buckhorn <br /> Road (SR 1114); and <br /> • Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) to West Ten Road (SR 1144). <br /> This route would extend bicycle facilities proposed in concert with highway <br /> improvements on Buckhorn Road Road (SR 1114) to provide a connection through <br /> western Orange County from Carrboro to the Buckhorn Road/Interstate 85 <br /> Economic Development District and US 70 near Mebane. This route is listed in <br /> Orange County's Bicycle Transportation Plan as a secondary priority bicycle route <br /> connecting southern Orange County with the western portion of its number 2 primary <br /> priority bicycle route on West Ten Road (SR 1148). Project EB-5108 schedules a <br /> portion of this route, Dairyland Road from Union Grove Church Road to Orange <br /> Grove Road, for a feasibility study. Orange County recommends that the feasibility <br /> study also include the segment of Dairyland Road from Union Grove Church Road <br /> (SR 1111) to Old NC 86 to connect to proposed bicycle facilities on Old NC 86 <br /> along Carrboro's ETJ. <br /> 2. SR 1005 (Old Greensboro Road) bicycle facility: Add 4-ft. paved shoulders on Old <br /> Greensboro Road from Carrboro's ETJ to the Orange/Alamance County line. This <br /> route is the number 3 primary priority of the Orange County Bicycle Transportation <br /> Plan, and would enhance bicycle transportation between southwestern Orange <br /> County and Carrboro/Chapel Hill. This project is a segment of the Mountains to Sea <br /> Bicycle Route. <br /> 3. Orange Grove Road bicycle facilities: Construct 4-ft. paved shoulders along Oranqe <br /> Grove Road (SR 1006) from Interstate 40 to Dodson's Crossroads (SR 1102). This <br /> route would provide bicycle facilities to the Grady Brown Elementary School and <br /> Cedar Ridge High School from the area south of the schools and connect to a <br /> proposed bicycle facility on Orange Grove Road into Hillsborough. <br /> 4. Dodson's Crossroad bicycle facilities: Construct 4-ft. paved shoulders along <br /> Dodson's Crossroads (SR 1102) from Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to Dairyland <br /> Road (SR 1177). This route would provide bicycle facilities from the Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro area to connect to a proposed bicycle facility on Orange Grove Road into <br /> Hillsborough. <br />