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cf 111 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 V• _ M E M O R A N D U M TO: Orange County Planning Board FROM: Eddie Kirk, Planner II DATE: October 23, 1991 SUBJECT: Traffic Information Regarding Bypass 70 and Lawrence Road Intersection The Orange County Planning Staff requested the attached traffic accident report information for the intersection of Lawrence Road and Bypass 70. In summary, there have been 12 accidents at or within 500 feet of this intersection in the last 5 years. Eight of these accidents have involved injuries, however, there have been no fatalities. There have been 4 accidents involving only property damage, 1 night accident, 2 wet accidents, and 1 accident involving alcohol. According to David Conner with the NCDOT Traffic Engineering Branch, this would not be considered a high accident area. The North Carolina Department of Transportation has informed the Planning Staff that the widening of Bypass 70 and Lawrence Road has been recommended in the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan, but it is not in the Transportation Improvement Program. Although the Town of Hillsborough and the North Carolina Department of Transportation adopted this plan in 1987, the County has not. If Bypass 70 is widened based on recommendations in the adopted plan, this would involve a 4 lane divided section with a 200 foot right -of -way. The cross section would vary based on the width of the median. Orange County tax maps indicate a 100 foot right -of- way on Bypass 70, however, NCDOT has indicated that right -of -way documents have not been recorded. Provided the 200 foot right -of- way is acquired in the future, an additional 50 feet could possibly be acquired on each side of Bypass-70. Lawrence Road, in the adopted plan, is recommended to be widened to a 4 lane urban section which would involve a 70 foot right -of -way and a 52 foot cross section. Tax maps presently indicate Lawrence Road has a 60 foot right -of -way.