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and safer truck turning movements, are also warranted at the U.S.70/Buckhorn Road intersection. 1-40/01d N.C.Highway 86 District; Other than 1-40, only one road has been included on the Orange County and Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plans- Old N.C.Highway 86. Classified as an arterial street, Old N.C.Highway 86 is currently capable of handing 10,000 vehicles per day and had an average daily traffic volume of 8,300 vehicles per day in 1986. By the year 2005,traffic on the road is expected to reach 19,600 vehicles per day. Wlth traffic volumes expected to exceed the capacity of the road,the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan calls for the widening of Old N.C.Highway 86. The proposed cross section for widening is a four-lane facility,with sidewalks and two travel lanes in either direction,plus a center turn lane.To accomplish the widening,the right-of-way would also have to be expanded from 6o feet to 90 feet. lee'ROW w � Travel lam Travel lanes 1s' 12' 12' 1s' 1 � _s'Sidewalk 44 __Z T6"Sidewalk 4'Bike lane 25'Landscape Medi 4'Bike lane Prnlooas#d row-Av*cross_wtwn far Rather than utilize the five-lane facility proposed in the Odd M.C.h"dray Bd. HiNsborough Thoroughfare Plan,a different cross section is desired.To provide an attractive entranceway into Hillsborough and to prevent the strip commercialkross-traffic turning movements associated with Churton Street,the cross section would be changed to provide a landscape median instead of a center turn lane.Turn lanes would only be available at designated access points.These points were identified on the schematic plans presented in section 2.1, Development Areas. In addition to the landscape median,the outside lane would be widened from 12 feet to 16 feet to accommodate bike lanes EcenarAt Dev opwnt Distracts Des#7 MarxW Page 3.3.10