Agenda - 10-11-1995 - Items 1 and 2 - Appendix 1

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Other Road Network Options Considered The Conceptual Road Network Plan that is Weaver Dairy Road,the Sage Road Extension, and presented in the The Plan section of the report U.S. 15-501. (see page 39) discusses several potential future local and collector roads. The Northwest Small Since the Eubanks Road Alternative intersects N.C. Area Plan Work Group considered an additional 86 directly west of Weaver Dairy Road, Weaver road as part of the process of developing the Dairy Road and the Sage Road Extension become Recommended Conceptual Road Network Plan. an attractive alternative to the existing Eubanks Road and Interstate 40 for traffic bound for The Work Group's discussion of roadway network destinations along U.S. 15-501, or for destinations options included a potential road that would farther east including Durham and Research continue from the Weaver Dairy Road Extension Triangle Park. Thus, a portion of the drivers who (Road A) to the west, where it would intersect the are presently traveling east using the existing existing Eubanks Road in the vicinity of Rogers Eubanks Road and Interstate 40, would find the Road. This potential road was discussed as the Eubanks Road Alternative, Weaver Dairy Road, "Eubanks Road Alternative." The Eubanks Road Sage Road and U.S. 15-501 to be a more Alternative (see Map) was originally proposed as attractive travel route to the east. an approach to reducing the traffic at the intersection of the existing Eubanks Road and The modeling data projects that with the addition N.C. 86, and to serve as a third east-west corridor of the Eubanks Road Alternative, Weaver Dairy in the Northwest Area. Road east of N.C. 86 increases from 1,626 vehicles during the afternoon peak period to The Work Group's process for considering the 2,616 vehicles, a 61 percent increase. A Eubanks Road Alternative included using a corresponding decrease in traffic is also seen on computer model to explore the effects on the the existing Eubanks Road and Interstate 40. existing and proposed roadways assuming construction of the Eubanks Road Alternative. Between Homestead Road and Weaver Dairy Road, N.C. 86 would carry slightly higher The computer model assumed that it was the year volumes of traffic with the addition of the Eubanks 2010, and that the Eubanks Road Alternative had Road Alternative. With the existing Eubanks been constructed. The model also assumed that Road, this road segment would carry 1,774 the roadway improvements discussed under vehicles during the afternoon peak period. With Transportation Modeling Assumptions (pages A-7 the Eubanks Road Alternative however, this road and A-8) had been made. segment would carry 1,916 vehicles during the same time period, an increase of 8 percent. The model assumed that the Eubanks Road Alternative would be a two-lane facility that The Work Group did not include the Eubanks would intersect Rogers Road slightly east of its Road Alternative as part of the Conceptual Road current intersection with the existing Eubanks Network based on the modeling data that Road. The Eubanks Road Alternative roadway indicated that the road would create a shift in would intersect the proposed Weaver Dairy Road traffic from a higher level road (Interstate 40) to a Extension west of N.C. 86. It would be necessary lower classified road (Weaver Dairy Road). to modify the approved Northwoods V subdi- vision plans to accommodate this new alignment. In addition, the effect of added traffic to Weaver Dairy Road would have significant impacts on the In general, the largest impact from constructing residences and businesses in this corridor. The the Eubanks Road Alternative is that traffic is Eubanks Road Alternative would also be very shifted from the existing Eubanks Road and costly to construct and a large amount of right-of- Interstate 40, to the Eubanks Road Alternative, way would need to be purchased. Page A-20 Northwest Small Area Plan