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7. <br /> DRAFT 11 OCT 94 DRAFT 11 OCT 94 DRAFT 11 OCT 94 DRAFT 11 OCT 94 <br /> f) Mt Herman Church Road (SR 1713) - Preliminary plans by the <br /> Planning & Environmental Branch, Division of Highways of NCDOT <br /> indicate that this road is to be relocated as part of 1-305. <br /> Orange County requests that this road be designed with 12 ' wide <br /> travel lanes and 4 ' wide bicycle lanes, total paved width of 32 ' . <br /> g) Old NC 10 (SR 1710) - Preliminary plans by the Planning & <br /> Environmental Branch, Division of Highways of NCDOT indicate that <br /> this road is to be relocated as part of 1-305. Orange County <br /> requests that this road be designed with 12 ' wide travel lanes and <br /> 4 ' wide bicycle lanes, total paved width of 32 ' . <br /> h) Park and Ride Facilities - Project planning for this facility <br /> is scheduled to begin in April, 1998. Orange County requests that <br /> its staff be allowed to participate in the determination of where <br /> and what type of facilities are to be included in this project. <br /> III) 1-3306: widening of 1-40 to six lanes from 1-85 in Orange County <br /> to NC 147 (Buck Dean Freeway) in Durham County - Orange County <br /> requests that this project be removed from the 1996-2002 TIP or <br /> reduced to a feasibility study. Orange County cannot support this <br /> project because of the following: <br /> - It was not programmed cooperatively with the Durham-Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) <br /> as required by the Intermodal Surface Transportation <br /> Efficiency Act of 1991, <br /> - The TAC requested only a study to examine the feasibility of <br /> adding high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes on 1-40 from NC 86 <br /> to NC 147 and this project's priority listing (41st) is below <br /> that of the top two DCHC Regional Priorities, US 15-501 and <br /> 1-85, and <br /> - There were no preliminary corridor studies performed or <br /> traffic forecasts developed to support this study (if there <br /> were, they weren't disseminated to the DCHC or local <br /> governments) . <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PROJECTS OUTSIDE <br /> THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br /> METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA <br /> Orange County would like to give priority to identified safety needs on <br /> existing roads and bridges and to other transportation projects which <br /> foster alternatives to automobile travel. The County also endorses <br /> environmentally responsible construction of all transportation <br /> projects. Finally, the County supports adequate maintenance for <br /> existing transportation facilities. <br /> 3 <br />