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36 <br /> commuters using Efland-Cedar Grove Road to access 1-40/1-85 and avoidance of a major capacity <br /> contraction and safety hazard using a combination of local streets approximately 1.25 miles west. Any <br /> change to the interchange would consider the accommodation of bicycle travel along US 70. <br /> US 501 (North Roxboro Road) (North Duke Street (US 501) to Sandlewood Drive <br /> (SR 1698) <br /> US 501 (North Roxboro Road) needs additional capacity between the US 501 (North Duke Street)/ US <br /> 501 Business (North Roxboro Street) split and Sandlewood Drive (SR 1698) due to projected future <br /> congestion and to improve mobility. A 6-lane divided roadway is proposed for the current 5-lane <br /> section from North Duke Street to Milton Road (SR 1456). A median should be added from Milton Road <br /> to Sandlewood Drive. Providing a divided roadway in this segment will improve mobility and effectively <br /> creates a divided cross-section from 1-85 to Person County in the north. <br /> North Roxboro Road is the major thoroughfare that connects 1-85 and central Durham with northern <br /> Durham County and the city of Roxboro. It is the most important commuter route in northern Durham <br /> County and currently experiences significant traffic delays at intersections such as Latta Road/Infinity <br /> Road. Retail, commercial, schools, libraries and other service locations for northern Durham residents <br /> are clustered along this thoroughfare. It is in the North Carolina truck network and in some cases twin <br /> and 53-foot trucks are permitted. Most of the area in the vicinity of this roadway segment is within the <br /> water and sewer service area of the city of Durham and expected to experience moderate residential <br /> growth in the future. <br /> The current LOS D capacity is 36,600 vehicles per day(vpd), and daily traffic counts range from 32,000 <br /> vpd near the Eno River to 21,000 vpd near Sandlewood Drive. There has been no measureable increase <br /> in daily traffic counts from 2003 through 2013. However, 2040 traffic forecasts have daily volumes <br /> increasing to as high as 48,000 vpd,which would result in volumes that are 30%over capacity, i.e., <br /> volume-to-capacity ratio (v/c) of 1.3. Capacity increases on North Duke Street and the extension of <br /> North Alston Avenue to North Roxboro Street/Old Oxford Road (SR 1004)would likely attract more trips <br /> to this segment of North Roxboro Road. <br /> It should be noted that the Omega Road intersection is a potentially hazardous intersection as indicated <br /> in the 2014 NC Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) report, i.e., it exceeds the warrant for <br /> frontal impact crashes. In addition, the Eno River bridge is functionally obsolete,which means that it <br /> was not constructed to the standards that are currently used. <br /> Although this project was not funded in the FY 2016-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), it <br /> did receive a moderate score in the NCDOT prioritization process (SPOT P3.0) and therefore might score <br /> well enough in the next prioritization cycle to be funded in the TIP. A funded project,TIP# U-5516, is to <br /> provide intersection improvements to the Latta Road/Infinity Road intersection with US 501, which is <br /> just north of Omega Road. <br /> Minimum Problem Statements—Highway—3 <br />