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Attachment 1 6 2007-2013 TIP PRIORITY LIST STATUS ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST FOR AREAS WITHIN THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR CONSIDERATION. OF FUNDING IN THE 2007 - 2013 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 1) Buckhorn Road ~R 1114) Widening: Widen from US 70 to West Ten Road (SR 1144) to a multilane facility with bicycle and pedestrian facilities. This stretch of roadway borders the western boundary of the I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District EDD). This area is the focus of a growing problem of traffic backing up on the northbound exit ramps of I-85 caused by northbound traffic exiting I-85 onto southbound Buckhorn Road and turning left into a nonconforming business use just south of the interchange. With increased interest in extending water and sewer, and reconsidering proposed uses within the EDD, improvements to the transportation system to support plans for that district are necessary to attract the desired development. Improvements are also needed for the safety of increasing pedestrian travel in this corridor. The improvements will especially be needed with increased traffic related to 'the new middle school and soccer fields on the north side of West Ten Road. Draft 2007-2013 Status: Not in TIP. 2. Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004, SR 1357 : straighten and make turn lane improvements make more direct connection to Interstate 85. Traffic has increased approximately 170% over the past ten years on Efland-Cedar Grove Road just north of US 70, with the greatest increase between 1997 and 1999 when average annual daily traffic (AADT) increased from 2000 to 4200, a 110% increase over the two year period. The most recent AADT counts show a 14% over the period from 1999 to 2001. Much of that traffic "dog-legs" through Efland on Forrest Avenue to Mt. Willing Road to access Interstate 85. Mt. Willing Road provides an at grade crossing of the North Carolina Railroad corridor, the only access across the railroad tracks between Hillsborough and Buckhorn Road. (The I-85/US 70 Connector just east of Efland is not accessible to traffic on eastbound US 70.) Draft 2007-2013 Status: Not in TIP.. 3. Dairvland Road/Orange Grove Road/Buckhorn Road bicycle lanes: construct 4-ft. paved shoulders along the fopow%ng route from Carrboro to West Ten Road to provide a connection with proposed routes fio Mebane and Efland. • Dairyland Road (SR 1112 - SR 1113 - SR 1177) from Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006); ® Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from Dairyfand Road (SR 1177) to Buckhorn Road SR 1114; and ® Buckhorn Road. (SR 111.4) to West Ten Road (SR 1144). Draft 2007-2013 Status: Not in TIP. :+.'f'ran~trx;it:aBoniTll'~L6Dv-?511PU°dorltyL.isY•?007-1SI"iloiityLi tS4~rirs.uc~;