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i <br />s <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 1.9 V-3, 0 <br />SUBJECT: FEASIBILITY STUDY - NC 54 WIDENING <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Feasibility Study <br />10 -15 -90 Planning Board Minutes <br />1 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Planning Directclr X: :::5'.3:42 <br />PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -5181 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a feasibility study fl.ir the prclpossed <br />widening of NC: 54 and provide ccztmments to NC-DOT. <br />BACKGROUND: NCDOT has provided a copy of a <br />the proposed widening of NC 54 <br />Burlington to the NC 54 Bypass <br />The prow1.ject is included in the <br />Transportation Improvement for <br />but is not currently funded. <br />feasibility study of <br />from IM-85 /40 in <br />in 1- :hape:l. Hill. <br />1 1913C)_ 1 19 96 <br />feasibility study <br />According to NCDOT, NC 54 is classified as a minor <br />arterial con the County Functional Classification <br />Flan. In the Orange Cc.Ltnty Transportation <br />Plan, NC 54 is classified as a principal arterial -:::-n <br />the rural portion and as a major thorclughfare on the <br />urban t:C:hapel Hill: porticin. <br />The existing Ni--: 54 is a two -lane, 24 -foot paved road <br />with 1 -foot shoulders, located in a 120 -fc,ot right - <br />of -way. A four- foot section of the shoulders can <br />either side is paved. The existing speed limit in <br />the rural portions of Orange County is 55 mph. The <br />volume of traffic using the route ranges from 6,00o <br />vehicles per day (vpd :) at the Orange County line to <br />vpd near Carrboro. Volumes are expected to <br />increase to 12,000-17,000 vpd by 2(-)10, The capacity <br />of the existing read is 5,000 vpd. <br />The proposed project is divided into three se-- tic-ns. <br />A, B, and C. Section 1_7 cc_impr ises the ma.j cnr ity --If the <br />Orange Ccaunty portion, extending eight miles, fr,--,m <br />