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14 <br />ATTACHMENT 6: DCHC MPO Project Order Reconfiguration Recommendations <br />y� <br />HIGHWAY PROJECTS <br />South Churton Street (Old ) <br />Project becomes highway priority #1 in the reconfigured list because it has the 2nd highest potential of all <br />1 <br />Improvements from -40 to U.. 70 <br />U.S. 7 <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />22.36 <br />highway projects to be funded based on scores received from the State. <br />#5 <br />Business <br />Orange Grove Road extension from east <br />Project becomes highway priority #2 in the reconfigured list because it has the highest potential of all highway <br />2 <br />side of South Churton Street to U.S. 70 <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />23.67 <br />projects to be funded based on scores received from the State. <br />#7 <br />Business <br />Widen NC 86 from U.S. 70 bypass to north <br />Project becomes highway priority #3 in the reconfigured list because it has the 3' highest potential of all <br />3 <br />of NC 57 <br />N/A <br />24.16 <br />19.46 <br />highway projects to be funded based on scores received from the State. <br />#8 <br />U.S. 70 East/1 -85 Connector — improve <br />Project becomes highway priority #4 in the reconfigured list because of the magnitude of importance of the <br />4 <br />interchange to provide access from all <br />N/A <br />7.34 <br />4.90 <br />project for Orange County commuters /motorists; however, the project did not score well relative to other <br />#6 <br />directions <br />Orange Count - endorsed highway ro ects. <br />Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street <br />Project becomes highway priority #5 in the reconfigured list because of its relative importance to local Orange <br />5 <br />intersection realignment at Orange Grove <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />5.10 <br />County commuters /motorists, however, the project did not score well relative to other Orange County- endorsed <br />#11 <br />Road <br />highway ro ects. <br />ad bike lanes and sidewalks <br />Homestead d Road <br />Project becomes highway priority #6 in the reconfigured list because it has little potential of all highway <br />6 <br />from Old to NC 86 <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />10.37 <br />projects to be funded based on scores received from the State and because of its lack of relative importance to <br />#12 <br />Orange County commuters /motorists. <br />Project becomes highway priority #7 in the reconfigured list because its likelihood for funding is primarily <br />7 <br />I -40 Widening <br />41.89 <br />30.18 <br />23.59 <br />based on its Statewide Tier score, which is 100% data driven and does not involve local input points. The <br />#14 <br />project is eligible for funding in the regional and division tiers, however, because of the high cost of the project, <br />staff recommends against supporting the project for regional or division tier funding. <br />From east of SR <br />1709 to the Durham <br />27.92 <br />23.01 <br />18.15 <br />Projects becomes highway priority #8 in the reconfigured list because its likelihood for funding is primarily <br />8 <br />1 -85 Widening <br />County line <br />based on its Statewide Tier score, which is 100% data driven and does not involve local input points. The <br />#15 <br />From SR 1006 near <br />project is eligible for funding in the regional and division tiers, however, because of the high cost of the project, <br />Hillsborough to east <br />25.07 <br />20.27 <br />16.14 <br />staff recommends against supporting the project for regional or division tier funding. <br />of SR 1709 <br />Eubanks Road bike lanes from Old NC 86 <br />Project becomes highway priority #9 in the reconfigured list because of its unlikelihood of for funding based <br />9 <br />to NC 86 <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />11.75 <br />on State scores and its relative insignificance to Orange County commuters /motorists among all Orange <br />#18 <br />County-endorsed highway ro ects. <br />BIKE /PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS <br />Bike lanes and <br />Project becomes bike /ped project priority #1 in the reconfigured list because it scored the highest among all <br />sidewalks from U.S. <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />2306 <br />Orange County- endorsed bike /ped projects in the DCHC MPO planning area and is part of a Statewide bicycle <br />15 -501 to Bennett <br />. <br />route. Project requires a local match commitment of 20% of project cost to be funded and must be locally <br />Mt. Carmel Church <br />Road <br />administered. <br />1 and 2 <br />Road bike lanes <br />Bike lanes from <br />Project becomes bike /ped priority #2 in the reconfigured list because it complements and completes bike /ped <br />#20 <br />and sidewalks <br />Bennett Road to <br />project priority #1 by providing a connection to prioritized bike lane improvements in Chatham County and is <br />Chatham County <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />18.57 <br />part of a Statewide bicycle route. It is also the 2 d highest scoring of all Orange County- endorsed bike /ped <br />line <br />projects in the DCHC MPO planning area that have no formidable barriers to implementation. Project requires a <br />local match commitment of 20% of project cost to be funded and must be locally administered. <br />Project becomes bike /ped priority #3 in the reconfigured list because it received a relatively higher score <br />among all of Orange County- endorsed bike /ped projects in the DCHC MPO planning area and has fewer <br />3 <br />Orange High School Road /Harold Latta <br />N/A <br />N/A <br />18.06 <br />barriers to implementation such as right -of -way acquisition requirements. Project generally requires a local <br />#4 <br />Road Sidewalk Improvements <br />match commitment of 20% of project cost to be funded and must be locally administered, except as a Safe <br />Routes to School, which may be funded at 100 %. <br />