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Approved 11/15/17 258 Andy Henry said that the transit plan in the presentation is based on the Durham County and Orange County transit 259 plans. There is also funding for increased and resources towards bus service hours, park and ride facilities and 260 vehicles. He concluded his presentation by pointing Board members to Attachment 4 which shows projects that have 261 changed since the packet was put together a few weeks ago. For example, Eno Mountain Rd. shows an air quality 262 year of 2060 but it may be included in the 2045 MTP draft plans; Estes Drive and Seawell School Rd. will undergo a 263 modernization; Eubanks Road will be widened from MLK Blvd. to Millhouse Road; collector streets near Daniel 264 Boone Village will be in the 2045 Plan; and Mt. Carmel Church Rd. from 15 -501 to Old Lystra will undergo 265 modernization as well. 266 *Note: Board members are advised to check with Mr. Henry for more details beyond these minutes since these 267 updates to the packet may not be all inclusive. 268 269 Heidi Perry asked about cost per mile for the road widening of 1 -40 and 1 -85. She said that there is no length to the 270 project listed. 271 272 Andy Henry said that he would estimate that it is 20 to 30 million dollars per mile to widen an interstate highway. 273 274 Gary Saunders said that the first widening is 4miles for the managed lanes, Exit 270 and 266 (15 -501 to 86). This 275 was later corrected to Exit 266 to 259, 7 miles. 276 277 Andy Henry said that for 4 miles, and if the widening is priced at $30 million, it would be about $7 -8 million per mile, 278 which is less than he thought it would cost. The subject area has no interchanges. 279 280 Gary Saunders said that there is one bridge on that stretch. 281 282 Andy Henry said that from 15 -501 to NC 86 goes from 4 to 6 lanes. 283 284 Heidi Perry said that she thought the discussion was about managed lanes. 285 286 Andy Henry replied that the managed lane plans will not be in the upcoming plans. The number of interchanges 287 increases the price for widening. The managed lanes area is a more rural area and will not be as costly. Sunrise Rd. 288 and Erwin Rd., one of the areas to be widened, go over 1 -40 and the bridges will have to be improved. 289 290 Heidi Perry asked about how Mr. Henry picks parts of alternatives for each plan. 291 292 Andy Henry answered that the alternatives are not mutually exclusive. Many of the projects are the same, like a 293 project he called "moderate" which used the 2040 MTP and another project called "highway." He added highway 294 projects to the 2040 MTP, e.g. widening 1 -85. The transportation network for each of these alternatives is likely going 295 to be the same. 296 297 Heidi Perry remembered a project that was much heavier on transit. 298 299 Andy Henry replied that the project that was heavier on transit had an extension of light rail to Carrboro and extended 300 the commuter rail from west Durham to Mebane /Burlington. In this project, there was al minute headway for the bus 301 frequency. 302 303 Heidi Perry asked why this would not be in a plan presented for a vote. She that at a recent meeting, the MPO group 304 was given 4 fiscal budgets to look at and there was a conservative, moderate and 2 optimistic budgets. The MPO 305 wanted to focus only on optimistic budgets. Who gets to decide if transit is going to be the priority? 306 307 Andy Henry said that the MPO decides if the major routes will come down headways or if all routes are done on 15 308 minute headways. The question is, is there a budget to do this and is there payback? Transit -heavy alternatives have m