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Attachment 4: Draft Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) Project List Rank/ Map ID #" Project Project Description /Need SPOT 3.0 Score HIGHWAY PROJECTS Description: Implement operational improvements along NC 54 from Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to Old Fayetteville Road (SR 1937/1107) to address congestion, safety, intersecting street turning movement delays, and the lack of usable gaps in traffic for side street access to the facility as an alternative to widening the facility to four (4) lanes. Improvements may involve signalization at problem intersections, additional dedicated left and right turn storage at side streets, and other possible treatments. This facility and the subject corridor are recommended in the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (OCCTP) as in need ofwidening from two (2) lanes to four (4) lanes, which is the form the project took when last submitted for consideration of inclusion in the 2016 -2025 STI P. These proposed operational improvements to the facility are an alternative to the initially conceived widening project and come in response to Widening Project: opposition by Town of Camboro planning staff regarding the facility's widening. The OUTBoard was presented with both options and voted to recommend 23.45 Regional pursuit ofthe option to implement these alternative operational improvements. 1 NC ro ements (Orange Improvements (Orange Grove Need: NCDOT projections reveal that traffic on NC 54 from Orange Grove Road to Fayetteville Road will substantially exceed the existing roadway capacity by 17.37 Division Road to Old Fayetteville Road) 2035, warranting an increase in capacity through widening. NCDOT traffic figures already indicate that traffic along the segment of NC 54 from Butler Road /Dodsons Cross Road to Neville Road is at capacity and will only continue to substantially exceed capacity in future years. Given these figures, it is also Operational likely that traffic along the segment of NC 54 from Neville Road to Old Fayetteville Road is also at or over capacity. Specific user input on the subject corridor Improvements Not reveals the lack of usable gaps in traffic streams at intersecting streets during peak periods that otherwise might be created by signalization. User input also Scored reveals the presence of extensive travel lane delay on the NC 54 facility as a result of the lack of adequate storage for left and right tums at some intersecting streets and entrances to businesses along the corridor. Among all projects recommended in the OCCTP, this project would likely score the highest relative to other projects given the improvements the project would provide for both congestion and benefit -cost factors. This project is also eligible forfunding at both the regional and divisional tiers, providing it a greater opportunity to be funded than projects that are only eligible forfunding at the division tier. This project will also be submitted as part of the DCHC MPO project list because it overlaps the MPO's planning area boundary. Description: Implement operational improvements along NC 54 from Dodsons Crossroads/Butler Road (SR 1102/1951) to Old Fayetteville Road (SR 1937/1107) to address congestion, safety, intersecting street turning movement delays, and the lack of usable gaps in traffic for side street access to the facility as an alternative to widening the facility to four (4) lanes. Improvements may involve signalization at problem intersections, additional dedicated left and right turn storage at side streets, and other possible treatments. This facility and the subject corridor are recommended in the Orange County Comprehensive Transportation Plan (OCCTP) as in need of widening from two (2) lanes to four (4) lanes, which is the form the project took when last submitted for consideration of inclusion in the 2016 -2025 STI P. These proposed operational improvements to the facility are an alternative to the initially conceived widening project and come in response to opposition by Town of Camboro planning staff regarding the facility's widening. The OUTBoard was presented with both options and voted to recommend pursuit of the option to implement these alternative operational improvements. NC 54 Operational Need: NCDOT projections reveal that traffic on NC 54 from Orange Grove Road to Old Fayetteville Road will substantially exceed the existing roadway capacity 2 Improvements (Dodsons by 2035, warranting an increase in capacity through widening. NCDOT traffic figures already indicate that traffic along the segment of NC 54 from Butler N/A (New Project) Crossroads/Butler Road to Old Road /Dodsons Cross Road to Neville Road is at capacity and will only continue to substantially exceed capacity in future years. Given these figures, it is also Fayetteville Road) likely that traffic along the segment of NC 54 from Neville Road to Old Fayetteville Road is also at or over capacity. Specific user input on the subject corridor reveals the lack of usable gaps in traffic streams at intersecting streets during peak periods that otherwise might be created by signalization. User input also reveals the presence of extensive travel lane delay on the NC 54 facility as a result of the lack of adequate storage for left and right turns at some intersecting streets and entrances to businesses along the corridor. Among all projects recommended in the OCCTP, this project would likely score the highest relative to other projects given the improvements the project would provide for both congestion and benefit -cost factors. This project is also eligible forfunding at both the regional and divisional tiers, providing it a greater opportunity to be funded than projects that are only eligible forfunding at the division tier. This particular project is a subset of the project involving operational improvements to NC 54 from Orange Grove Road to Old Fayetteville Road and is being considered for submission separately because of its ability to score higher by targeting a more congested segment of the corridor. This project will also be submitted as part of the DCHC MPO project list because it overlaps the MPO's planning area boundary. Description: Widen Buckhom Road from U.S. 70 to West Ten Road (SR 1144) to multi -lanes with bicycle and pedestrian facilities. This segment of roadway is 3 Buckhom Road (SR 1114) over 95% within the BGMPO planning area and borders the western boundary of the 1A0/I -85- Buckhom Road EDD. 11.37 Division Widening Need: This qeneral vicinity of this proposed pro ect is the focus of a growing problem of traffic backing up on the northbound exit ramps of IA0 /I -85 onto