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Approved 9/20/2017 844 845 Abigaile Pittman responded that this was not brought -up; however, there is a Buckhorn Road project to the south that 846 includes bike facilities that is still in the plans. She said that the department is hoping to coordinate with Mebane on 847 these projects on a regular basis. 848 849 7.8. MEBANE COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN (CTP) 850 851 Abigaile Pittman explained that Mebane is working on its CTP with the consultant Ramey Kemp. This plan mostly 852 focuses on transportation improvements for the Mebane area. The plan includes three maps showing an area that 853 expands to Mount Willing Road. Orange County Staff was asked to provide a courtesy review since a portion of the 854 study area is in Orange County. She said that the she and the Planning Director provided comments that the plans 855 should be consistent with the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and Rural Planning Organization (RPO) 856 CTPS, and Orange County's Access Management Plan. The proposed Mebane CTP is not entirely consistent with 857 these plans and does not include Orange County bike routes or access management routes, and did not 858 acknowledge that there should be consistency with Orange County plans. Mebane's new Development Director 859 responded to the courtesy review comments by saying that County Staff's feedback and additions would be 860 incorporated into the Mebane CTP. 861 862 7.C. MOUNTAIN -TO -SEA TRAIL (MST) 863 864 Abigaile Pittman provided an update. The Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) 865 will give provide an update at the September 17, 2017 BOCC meeting. Marabeth Carr, DEAPR, said that it had not 866 yet been determined if there would be discussion at this meeting on routes, and that the County Manager would talk 867 to the BOCC to find the best time to discuss the routes. Ms. Pittman will provide any updates on the agenda as she 868 receives them. 869 870 7.D. ORANGE GROVE ROAD BRIDGE FENCING 871 872 Abigaile Pittman reported that $100,000 funding request was referred by the NC DOT Board of Transportation to Mr. 873 Trogden's desk and was approved, for both sides of the bridge, from Statewide Contingency Funds. They are 874 currently in the design phase, bidding will start in October, and the estimated completion date is December 2017. 875 876 Alex Castro wanted to make a note that there was a letter to the editor in the Chapel Hill News by Amy Cole (former 877 member of Walkabout Hillsborough) about this bridge fence request. He asked if the Board could petition NCDOT to 878 request that they bring out the variable message signs for this project before the time change in November for safety 879 reasons. School children will be walking to and from school in the dark and the signs may help to alert drivers until 880 the fencing goes in. 881 882 Abigaile Pittman said that NCDOT may close down the bridge while the fencing is being installed. She had 883 previously been told that they will also close some lanes on the interstate during installation. 884 885 Alex Castro said that in the interim, the sign may help with safety as a stopgap measure. 886 887 Abigaile Pittman said that she could talk to NCDOT about putting up the sign. 888 889 Heidi Perry said that she wants to ask NCDOT to lower the speed limit in that area. There are School Zone signs on 890 both sides of the bridge but not a lower the speed limit. A lower speed limit could be incorporated with the bridge 891 fencing project. 892 893 Abigaile Pittman said that she will raise this issue with NCDOT again. She did note that there are criteria on how low 894 a speed limit can go on certain types of roads, and the last time she discussed this with NCDOT, there was not a 895 definitive answer, so she will ask again. 896 17