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9. <br /> c) 'These intersections are listed on the NCDOT 1994 POTENTIALLY <br /> HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS INVENTORY for Orange County and are currently <br /> scheduled to have traffic safety analyses performed. Orange <br /> *Cou.nty requests that funding be made available for the <br /> improvements recommended as determined by the completed traffic <br /> safety studies for: <br /> 1) I-40 / NC 86, <br /> 2 ) I-40 / Old NC 86 (SR 1009) , <br /> 3) I-85 / Old NC 86 (SR 1009) , <br /> 4 ) NC 86 / Coleman LP (SR 1332 ) , <br /> 5 ) Smith Level Road (SR 1919) / BPW Club Road (SR 1967 ) , <br /> 6) US 70 / Miller Road (SR 1555) , and <br /> 7 ) US 70 / Lawrence Road (SR 1561) . <br /> II) Railroad Improvements - There are several at-grade railroad <br /> crossings throughout the County which are in need of improvements, <br /> from track crossings to grade work on the roadway facility. The <br /> main line of the Southern Railway traverses the entire County. <br /> Motorists travelling roadway facilities which cross the railway <br /> encounter a multitude of signs warning of dangerous grade <br /> crossings. An inspection of existing crossings Countywide <br /> indicates sight-distance problems, potential "bottoming out" grade <br /> problems, intersection grade problems, and substandard warning <br /> devices. <br /> a) Orange County requests railroad crossings Countywide be <br /> improved to provide for safer travel conditions. Improvements are <br /> again requested for the following railroad crossings: <br /> 1) Southern Railway / Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) , <br /> 2) Southern Railway / Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120) , and <br /> 3) Southern Railway / Mt. Herman Church Road (SR 1713) . <br /> b) Orange County requests, as a result of preliminary findings of <br /> the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study, a Feasibility Study for an <br /> AMTRAK Station in Hillsborough. <br /> c) Orange County also requests that County staff be involved in <br /> the planning of improvements to rail facilities in the I- <br /> 85/Buckhorn and I-85/US 70 Economic Development Districts. <br /> III) Transit Improvements - It is increasingly evident, through the <br /> Triangle Fixed Guideway Study and other research, that Orange <br /> County needs to begin Transit Planning to include a Twenty Year <br /> Transit Development Plan for Orange County that would coordinate <br /> local transit planning with the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study <br /> recommendations. Orange County requests that the NCDOT Public <br /> Transportation and Rail Division develop a Twenty Year Transit <br /> Development Plan for Orange County. <br /> 5 <br />