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Minimum Problem Statements – Highway – 16 <br />Fayetteville Road (SR 1118) (Woodcroft Parkway to Riddle Road (SR 1171)) <br /> <br />Fayetteville Road (SR 1118), between Woodcroft Parkway and Riddle Road (SR 1171), is currently a two - <br />lane road except for the area immediately adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr Parkway, which has multiple <br />through lanes and turning lanes. There are three potential project sections: Riddle Road to Martin Luther <br />King Jr Parkway; Martin Luther King Jr Parkway to Barbee Road; and, Barbee Road to Woodcroft Parkway. <br />A 4-lane divided cross-section with sidewalks, bicycle lanes and bus facilities is proposed for <br />accommodating future traffic volume. Fayetteville Road serves as a major north-south route that <br />connects the growing residential, retail and commercial areas around the Streets at Southpoint Mall <br />with downtown Durham. <br /> <br />This section of Fayetteville Road currently has a 60-foot right-of-way, an existing greenway path running <br />parallel to the road, sidewalks at select locations, no bicycle lanes, and almost a dozen bus stops. The <br />2013 daily traffic count ranges from 15,000 vehicles per day (vpd) north of Martin Luther King Jr <br />Parkway to 19,000 vpd between Martin Luther King Jr Parkway and Barbee Road. The traffic counts <br />south of Barbee Road have increased by 2,000 the last several years. The LOS D capacities range from <br />12,700 vpd to 14,600 vpd on the two-lane sections of this roadway, and the 2040 projected traffic <br />volume will be as high as 22,000 vpd, putting the projected volume at 70% over the capacity, i.e., v/c is <br />1.7. <br />There are many neighborhoods, restaurants, shops, schools, and a church along this stretch of <br />Fayetteville Road. A high level of new residential, retail and commercial development is expected in the <br />future, including a large residential development near the Juliette Drive intersection. Major retail <br />centers anchored by Lowes Home Improvement and Wal-Mart were recently constructed at the Martin <br />Luther King Jr Parkway intersection and along Martin Luther King Jr Parkway. Bicycle, pedestrian and <br />transit facilities are needed to connect the different land uses and to connect to the American Tobacco <br />Trail. The current pedestrian facilities are discontinuous and inadequate for existing pedestrian traffic <br />and there are no bicycle facilities. Many of the bus stops do not have any amenities and do not include <br />bus pull-outs resulting in blocked traffic. The Durham Comprehensive Bicycle Transportation Plan <br />proposed bicycle lanes along this route, and the DurhamWalks! Pedestrian Plan recommends sidewalks <br />on both sides of the roadway. <br /> <br />The city of Durham has funded two phases of this project using traffic impact fees. The realignment of <br />Buxton Road and Riddle Road to form a single intersection with Fayetteville Road is funded in the City’s <br />Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and construction is scheduled to begin in early 2016. The additional <br />lanes in the East Cornwallis Road (SR 1121) to Barbee Road section are to start construction in fall 2016. <br /> <br />North Greensboro Street (SR 1772) (Estes Drive Extension (SR 1780) to East Main <br />Street (SR 1010)) <br /> <br />This segment of North Greensboro Street (SR 1772) is one of the primary arteries through downtown <br />Carrboro. It runs from a very congested intersection with Estes Drive Extension (SR 1780)/ past single <br />and multi-family residential, and into dense high-volume commercial development. The northern <br />portion of the roadway has a speed limit of 35 mph and decreases to 20 mph as it enters the commercial <br />area. It is primarily two lanes, but has a right-turn lane at Estes Drive Extension and a center lane at the <br />highest volume commercial area. Currently 14,000 vehicles travel this segment daily, putting the