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Attachment 4: Draft Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization (TARPO) Project List <br />Rank/ Map ID #* <br />Project <br />Project Description /Need <br />SPOT 3.0 Score <br />southbound Buckhom Road and at a left turn into a nonconforming business use just south of the interchange. Orange County has extended water and sewer <br />to this area to serve public facilities and to increase the attractiveness of the EDD for development. The project was previously submitted through the DCHC <br />MPO as a bike pro ect requesting four (4 )-foot paved bike lanes when Buckhom Road was located within that MPO's planning area. <br />Description: Widen Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) from Carrboro's extra - territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) to the Orange/Alamance County line to include four (4)- <br />foot paved shoulders. This project would be a segment of the North Carolina Mountains to Sea Bicycle Route (designated as North Carolina Bike Route 2). Part <br />Old Greensboro Road Paved <br />of this project is located within the DCHC MPO planning area. This project is recommended as a bikeway improvement in the OCCTP. <br />4 <br />Shoulders <br />8.44 Division <br />Need: This project would provide a continuous paved bikeway segment from Carrboro through the southwestern portion of Orange County to connect with other <br />bikeway segments that comprise the state's Mountain to Sea bicycle route. The project is not likely to score very high using either the State's highway or <br />bike/ pedestrian scoring factors because of its rural context and is only eligible forfunding at the division tier. <br />Description: Widen Efland -Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) from Highland Farm Road (SR 1332) to the northern property line of the U.S. Post Office north of Carr <br />Store Road SR 1352) from a two (2)�ane, 20 -foot cross section to a 24 -foot cross section with straightening of the roadway where needed, improvements to <br />turn lanes, and the incorporation of bicycle facilities. This project is recommended in the OCCTP. <br />Efland-Cedar Grove Road (SR <br />This project proposal overlaps with STIP project W5143 to improve the horizontal alignment ofthe curve on Efland -Cedar Grove Road north of its intersection <br />5 <br />1004) Improvements <br />with Highland Farm Road. This project is scheduled for construction completion in 2016. <br />7.49 Division <br />Need: The project would improve travel time with an increase in design speed and would improve safety with travel lane straightening and an increase in <br />pavement width. This segment of Efland -Cedar Grove Road is a travel alternative to NC 86 for traffic from northwestern Orange County to access IA0/85, and <br />as such, traffic is projected to continue to increase in future years. This project is not likely to score very high using the State's congestion scoring factor and is <br />only eligible for funding at the division tier. However, the project may score well against the State's safety scoring factor. <br />Description: Widen Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from Dairyland Road (SR 1177) to Buckhom Road (SR 1114) and Buckhom Road (SR 1114) from Orange <br />Grove Road (SR 1006) to West Ten Road (SR 1144) to include four (4) -foot paved shoulders. This project is recommended as a set of bikeway improvements <br />Orange Grove Road /Buckhom <br />in the OCCTP. <br />6 <br />Road Paved Shoulders <br />6.43 Division <br />Need: This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Camboro to the Buckhom Road and Mebane <br />area and improve the safety of the subject thoroughfare for both bicyclists and motorized vehicular travel. The project is not likely to score very high using the <br />State's bike/pedestrian scoring factors because of its rural context and is only eligible forfunding at the division tier. <br />BIKEWAY PROJECTS — <br />Description: Widen Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from NC 54 to Arthur Minnis Road to include four (4) -foot paved shoulders. This project is recommended as <br />Orange Grove Road Paved <br />a set of bikeway projects in the OCCTP. <br />7 <br />Shoulders (From NC 54 to <br />Arthur Minnis Road) * — <br />Need: This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Camboro to the Buckhom Road and Mebane <br />17.57 Division <br />area and improve the safety of the subject thoroughfare for both bicyclists and motorized vehicular travel. The project is not likely to score very high using the <br />State's bike/pedestrian scoring factors because of its rural context and is only eligible forfunding in the division tier. <br />Description: Widen Dairyland Road (SR 1004/1113/1177) from Union Grove Church Road (SR 1111) to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to include four (4)-foot <br />paved shoulders. Part of this project is located within the DCHC MPO planning area. The portion of this project within the DCHC MPO planning area is being <br />recommended for inclusion in that project list. This project is scheduled in the STIP for a feasibility study (STIP # EB- 5108). The project is recommended as a <br />8 <br />Dairyland Road Paved <br />bikeway improvement in the OCCTP. <br />17.40 Division <br />Shoulders <br />Need: This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Camboro to the Buckhom Road and Mebane <br />area and improve the safety of the subject thoroughfare for motorized vehicular travel. The project is not likely to score very high using the State's <br />bile/ pedestrian scoring factors because of its rural context and is only eligible for funding at the division tier. <br />Description: Widen Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from 1-40 to Dodsons Crossroads (SR 1102) and Dodsons Crossroads (SR 1102) from Orange Grove Road <br />9 <br />Orange Grove Road / Dodsons <br />(SR 1006) to Dairyland Road (SR 1177) to include four (4)-foot paved shoulders. This project is recommended as a set of bikeway improvements in the <br />15.09 Division <br />Crossroads Paved Shoulders <br />OCCTP. <br />