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068 improvements to the east end of the corridor will be necessary in the- near future. The adopted Chapel Hill/Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan recommends that Weaver Dairy Road be realigned at its eastern' end to connect to Sage Road, This would create an intersection with US. 15-501 superior to the Erwin Road/US 15-501 intersection. This- new alignment should- be a five lane section, 65' feet wide.. Figure 9 shows the realignment,. proposed Currently, the- Greenf i el ds. development is building the- portion of- the realignment from Erwin Road- to the US 15-S01 Boulevard. This- should help the. Erwin Road/Boulevard. intersect.ion somewhat. However, the full realignment would be necessary for the corridor to function properly. We feel that the Town ultimateiy should become involved in building. the portion of the real'i gnmen t from Erw i n Road to Weaver Dairy Road. This segment would. cross Greenfieids� se portions of six smaller parcels whereas the segment only crosses one large parcel , Many years could- pass before we achieve a. completed realignment if the Town counts on developers to build the segment.. . We- recommend that the Staff ask Council to include the portion of the Weaver- Dairy Road realignment between Erwin Road and Weaver Dairy Road as a top priority street improvement- project. The NC 86/Weaver Dairy Road- intersection would continue to operate- at an- acceptable level as newt developments are- occupied. However, the opening of I-40 could impact the intersection. We are not certain at this point- what impact would occur so we did not consider it in this report.. All in all , we feel that transportation impacts created by approved and proposed developments- would. be significant, particulary at the Erwin Road/15-501. intersection. Our recommendation to complete the Weaver Dairy Road realignment should solve the negative traffic impacts that would occur.