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12 <br /> III. Intersection Improvements - Countywide <br /> Orange County recognizes that intersection improvements provide immediate safety <br /> benefits without the environmental impact or cost of full roadway improvements. We <br /> request the following intersections be programmed either through Transportation <br /> Improvement Program funding or Safety Program funding for improvements which can <br /> be implemented as soon as possible. Each of these locations are listed on the NCDOT <br /> High Accident Location Analysis for Orange County. <br /> 1) NC 86/New Hope Church Road (SR 1723) experiences two types of traffic <br /> during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours. NC 86 carries daily commuters to Chapel <br /> Hill, Hillsborough, and I-40 as well as students to New Hope School. Delays and <br /> dangerous vehicular movements are experienced due to the high amount of left <br /> turns at this intersection. We request it be improved to include turn lanes on all <br /> approaches. <br /> 2) US 70 Bypass / Miller Road (SR 1555) also carries both local commuter <br /> traffic and Orange High School traffic. We request it be studied for various <br /> alternatives which will provide for a safer intersection. <br /> Also on the High Accident Location List or identified by staff and in need of evaluation <br /> are the following locations: <br /> 3) NC 54 / Welcome Drive (SR 2016) <br /> 4) NC 86 / US 70 Bypass <br /> 5) US 70 / St. Mary's Road (SR 1002) <br /> 6) Carr Store Road (SR 1352) /Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004) (Orange <br /> County appreciates NCDOT's quick response in providing a caution light at this <br /> intersection in response to concerns expressed by area residents in May). <br /> IV. Railroad Grade Crossing Improvements - Countywide <br /> There are several at-grade railroad crossings throughout the County which are in need <br /> of improvements, from track crossings to grade work on the roadway facility. The main <br /> line of the Southern Railway traverses the entire county. Motorists travelling roadway <br /> facilities which cross the railway encounter a multitude of signs warning of dangerous <br /> grade crossings. An inspection of existing crossings countywide indicates sight-distance <br /> problems, potential "bottoming out" grade problems, intersection grade problems, and <br /> substandard warning devices. Orange County requests railroad crossings countywide be <br /> improved to provide for safer travel conditions. Crossings of note include: <br /> 1) Southern Railway / Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) <br /> 2) Southern Railway / Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120) <br /> 3) Southern Railway / University Station Road (SR 1712) <br /> 4) Southern Railway / Mt. Herman Church Road (SR 1713) <br /> Each of these crossings need roadway refinements to provide for better sight-distance and <br /> grade changes. <br />