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Attachment 6: Draft Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) MPO Project List Ma ID #" Project Project Description/Need SPOT 3.0 Score BIKE /PED PROJECTS — Description: Construct bike lanes and sidewalks from US 15/501 to Bennett Road and bike lanes from Bennett Road to the Chatham 23.06 Division (U.S. 15- County line. This project is provided /recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. 501 to Bennett Road 12 Mt. Carmel Church Road Bike/Pedestrian Improvements Need This project p rovide a continuous paved bikewa y facilit y from Cha p el Hill through southeastern rn Oran g a Coun ty. into Chatham 18.57 Division (Bennett County. The project connects to another project submitted by Chatham County to construct bike lanes along Mt. Carmel Church Road Road to Chatham County from the Orange County line to Old Farrington Point Road. This segment is listed as a Statewide bicycle facility in the DCHC MPO MTP line) and is a continuation of the state's Mountain to Sea bicycle route through Orange County. Description: a) Construct sidewalk along west side of Orange High School Road from Harold Latta Road to U.S. 70, b) Construct sidewalk along south side of Harold Latta Road from Cloverfield Drive to Orange Grove Road; c) Install high - visibility crosswalks and in -road signage at school entrances and exits on Orange Grove Road; and 13 Orange High School Road /Harold Latta Road d) Construct sidewalk along entrance roads to CW Stanford Middle School. 18.06 Division Sidewalk Improvements Need: Orange Grove Road serves two schools north of U.S. 70, Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. There are currently no dedicated pedestrian facilities along Orange High School Road to accommodate students accessing the schools from residential areas to the north and east. The project would provide safe and comfortable pedestrian connections from these areas to the schools. The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies these sidewalk and crosswalk improvements as central elements in the plan for both Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. Description: a) Construct a pedestrian bridge over 1-40 alongside Orange Grove Road and construct a sidewalk along the north side of Orange Grove Road from the bridge to Timbers Drive, b) Construct sidewalks along both sides of New Grady Brown School Road with midblock crossing; and Orange Grove Road /1-40 Pedestrian Bridge c) Construct sidewalk along one side of Oakdale Drive from Cheshire Drive to Orange Grove Road. 14 and Supporting Sidewalk Improvements Need: IAO separates two schools, Grady Brown Elementary and Cedar Ridge High School, from residential areas north of I-40. The 17.44 Division schools are within walking distance of residential areas, but bicyclists and pedestrians must share the roadway with motorvehicles crossing the existing narrow two (2)-lane bridge that carries Orange Grove Road over 1-40. The bridge is too narrow to accommodate a pedestrian walkway. Lack of an adequate pedestrian crossing presents an unsafe environment for students to walk to the schools. The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies the pedestrian bridge and supporting sidewalk improvements as central elements in the plan for Grady Brown Elementary School. Description: Widen Dairyland Road from Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road to include four (4)-foot paved shoulders. Part of this project is located within the TARPO planning area. The portion of this project within the TARPO planning area is being recommended for inclusion in that project list. This project is scheduled in the STIP for a feasibility study (STIP # EB- 5108). This project is provided /recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. 15 Dairyland Road paved shoulders 17.40 Division Need: This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Camboro to the Buckhom Road and Mebane 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 State's congestion and benefit-cost scoring factors and is only eligible for funding at the division tier. Description: Construct a multi -use path connecting English Hill Lane to Buttonwood Drive to provide pedestrian connectivity from residential areas east of English Hill Lane to both Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. 16 Trail Connection from English Hill Lane to Buttonwood Drive Need: Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan. An existing barrier to 23.05 Division pedestrians toward Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School exists between residential areas along and east of Buttonwood Drive and residential areas along and west of English Hill Lane. The improvement would provide a direct pedestrian connection from highly o ulated residential areas furtherwest from the schools and make walking distances saferand more manageable.