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3 <br /> <br /> <br />Jurisdiction and Implementation of Infrastructure Projects <br /> <br />The Town is responsible for the implementation of its Community Connectivity Plan. While <br />the C.W. Stanford Middle School is within the County’s jurisdiction, the Town has <br />extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction over Cameron Park Elementary and C.W. Stanford Middle <br />schools and therefore could have some level of input over projects related to these schools. <br />Priority projects for these school sites include sidewalks, crosswalks and bikeways. <br /> <br />Orange County Planning staff and NCDOT have identified recommendations related to <br />Grady Brown Elementary School and Cedar Ridge High School as potentially viable <br />projects in the SRTS Plan. These projects would include sidewalks along the New Grady <br />Brown School Road frontage and along Orange Grove Road to Interstate 40, where these <br />sidewalks would serve as receiving sidewalks for a pedestrian crossing across the <br />interstate and into the Town’s jurisdiction. If the County were to take steps towards this <br />multi-phase project implementation, it would initially need to: <br /> <br /> Contract or perform in-house engineering design of sidewalks, including an <br />estimated cost of construction; <br /> Obtain an easement encroachment agreement with NCDOT; <br /> Enter into a mutually agreeable sidewalk maintenance agreement with the Town; <br /> Enlist the schools as partners in the project planning; and <br /> Acquire funding for the engineering and construction of the sidewalks, which would <br />include a 20% local match, and seek competitive federal funds through the DCHC <br />MPO; or fund the project through County funds. <br /> <br />The interstate pedestrian overpass may become a more viable project following <br />construction of the receiving sidewalks. <br /> <br />Jurisdiction and Implementation of Non-infrastructure Projects <br /> <br />Implementation of the SRTS Action Plan can also address non-infrastructure projects in the <br />categories education, encouragement, enforcement, and evaluation. The County would be <br />responsible for implementing projects its jurisdiction. Examples of these non-infrastructure <br />project recommendations could include: <br /> <br /> Integration of bicycle/pedestrian education into the class curriculum, including <br />hands-on skills training such as simulated street crossings and bicycle handling <br />drills/rodeos; <br /> Start a comprehensive motorist/pedestrian/bicyclist safety campaign to create <br />awareness of conflicts and safety behavior; <br /> Begin a walking school bus program including a partnership of the school system, <br />parents and members of the community, including law enforcement; <br /> Begin mileage clubs/contests that can give children a sense of accomplishment; <br /> Begin a crossing guard program; <br /> Develop SRTS bicycle/walking maps; <br /> Starting a Walk to School Day; and <br /> 69