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January 21, 2015 Attachment C 10 • 2040 MTP: U.S. 15 -501 from Ephesus Church Road to Columbia Street: Capacity improvements and possible interchange at Manning Drive with sidewalks, wide outside lanes and transit accommodations. • 2012 -2018 DCHC MPO TIP Projects: U -5304 — US 15 -501, NC 86 (South Columbia Street) to SR 1742 (Ephesus Church Road): Sidewalks, wide outside lanes and transit accommodations, but no intersection improvements. Programmed for construction in FY 2019 (TIP developmental program) at a cost of $5,150,000. This project is subject to reprioritization. • SPOT 3.0 Reprioritization: • U.S. 15 -501 from Ephesus Church Road to Columbia Street: Capacity improvements and possible interchange at Manning Drive with sidewalks, wide outside lanes and transit accommodations. A feasibility study is currently underway that should better define the project and lower the cost estimate. The project scores well in the Statewide Mobility funding category. The MPO did not assign local input points to the project and recommended waiting to see if the project gets funded from the Statewide Mobility category for the next TIP development iteration while the feasibility study is underway. The current project cost estimate is $95,330,000. The project received a Statewide Mobility score of 44.55, which is just below the estimated funding cut -off of 45 minimum points. The STIP Statewide Mobility Category will score better if feasibility study shows the estimated cost to be less than the $95,330,000. • U.S. 15 -501 at Ephesus Church Road: Intersection improvements. Cost of $2,170,000. Scored well in Statewide Mobility funding tier and looks to be funded with approval by the MPO. The proposed schedule for the project is right -of -way in FY 2023 and construction in FY 2024. There has been some discussion of Chapel Hill accelerating the project and looking at the possibility of being reimbursed when the project is programmed in the STIP. Note: This acceleration has been recommended by the DCHC MPO board in mid - November 2014. Orange County Summary of Recommendations for a Study to Examine Building a Transit Infrastructure for Economic Development in Orange County • Fund a study to review whether the recommended circulator shuttle for the Study Area, and the extension of the OPT of the extension of the OPT 420 bus route would further the primary plan objectives, and develop estimated costs. • BRIP amendment to include a circulator shuttle connecting the Study Area with downtown Chapel Hill, UNC Campus dorms, Carolina North. • BRIP amendment to include extension of the OPT 420 bus route connecting the Study Area with rural Orange County and Hillsborough via the circulator shuttle. • BRIP amendment to include installation of one or two BRT routes to accommodate the circulator shuttle. M