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10 ORANGE COUNTY PRIORITY LIST FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING IN THE NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PRESENTED AT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 28, 1993 Orange County appreciates the opportunity to participate in the North Carolina Transportation Improvement Program process. Like so many jurisdictions across the state, we have transportation needs we feel are necessary to provide our citizens with a safe and efficient multimodal system throughout the County. Although our needs are extensive, we have concentrated our priority list on those projects we feel are most critical to all in Orange County. I. Homestead Road Widening Last year the Orange County Board of Commissioners supported the request by the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro MPO to widen and make safety improvements on Homestead Road from High School Road (SR 1834) to Airport Road (NC86). The requested improvements also included bicycle facilities. Although a small portion of this project was funded, the County feels a broader scope needs to be assigned to the project limits. Homestead Road is a connector facility for the Carrboro and Chapel Hill communities and is the primary route to Chapel Hill High School. A background investigation of this facility indicates safety problems associated with turning movements along the entire corridor limits. Left turns into driveways of large traffic generators such as the Duke Power Building and the Brookstone development, as well as at major intersections with Airport Road, prove dangerous due to sight-distance problems in existing road design. Substantial future traffic increases are expected on Homestead Road. Several residential developments are under construction in the vicinity of the Brookstone development and the Southern Human Services Complex. Orange County urges the North Carolina Board of Transportation to review the project limits for TIP Project U-2805 and revise the scope to include improvements from High School Road to Airport Road (NC 86). II. I-85 Widening Projects A) 1-304 and I-305 - Best Management Practices (BMP's) for Erosion Control during and after widening construction of both portions of I-85. Last year the Orange County Board of Commissioners requested a line item in the TIP for funding of BMP's for both I-85 widening projects. The construction contract for I-304 has been awarded and is scheduled to begin on September 27, 1993. NCDOT Division 7 officials and the contract engineer met with State and County Erosion Control Officers, the County Engineer, and the County Transportation Planner on September 21, 1993 to physically evaluate erosion control measures needed on the I-304 project limits. This meeting represents a cooperative effort between NCDOT and the County and we request these efforts continue until completion of both projects. Among other concerns, the County desires input into the erosion control measures in order to ensure optimal protection