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Attachment 3: Draft Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) MPO Project List <br /> <br />Map ID #* Project Project Description/Need SPOT 3.0 Score SPOT 4.0 Score <br />12 Mt. Carmel Church Road <br />Bike/Pedestrian Improvements <br />Description: Construct bike lanes and sidewalks from US 15/501 to Bennett Road and bike lanes from Bennett Road to the <br />Chatham County line. This project is provided/recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. <br /> <br />Need: This project would provide a continuous paved bikeway facility from Chapel Hill through southeastern Orange County <br />into Chatham County. The project connects to another project submitted by Chatham County to construct bike lanes along Mt. <br />Carmel Church Road from the Orange County line to Old Farrington Point Road. This segment is listed as a Statewide bicycle <br />facility in the DCHC MPO MTP and is a continuation of the state’s Mountain to Sea bicycle route through Orange County. <br />23.06 Division <br />(U.S. 15-501 to <br />Bennett Road <br /> <br />18.57 Division <br />(Bennett Road to <br />Chatham County <br />line) <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />13 <br />Orange High School Road/Harold <br />Latta Road Sidewalk <br />Improvements <br />Description: <br /> <br />a) Construct sidewalk along west side of Orange High School Road from Harold Latta Road to U.S. 70; <br />b) Construct sidewalk along south side of Harold Latta Road from Cloverfield Drive to Orange High School Road; <br />c) Install high-visibility crosswalks and in-road signage at school entrances and exits on Orange High School Road; and <br />d) Construct sidewalk along entrance roads to CW Stanford Middle School. <br /> <br />Need: Orange High School Road serves two schools north of U.S. 70, Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. <br />There are currently no dedicated pedestrian facilities along Orange High School Road to accommodate students accessing <br />the schools from residential areas to the north and east. The project would provide safe and comfortable pedestrian <br />connections from these areas to the schools. The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies these sidewalk <br />and crosswalk improvements as central elements in the plan for both Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. <br />18.06 Division <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />14 <br />Orange Grove Road/I-40 <br />Pedestrian Bridge and Supporting <br />Sidewalk Improvements <br />Description: <br /> <br />a) Construct a pedestrian bridge over I-40 alongside Orange Grove Road and construct a sidewalk along the north side of <br />Orange Grove Road from the bridge to Timbers Drive; <br />b) Construct sidewalks along both sides of New Grady Brown School Road with midblock crossing; and <br />c) Construct sidewalk along one side of Oakdale Drive from Cheshire Drive to Orange Grove Road. <br /> <br />Need: I-40 separates two schools, Grady Brown Elementary and Cedar Ridge High School, from residential areas north of I- <br />40. The schools are within walking distance of residential areas, but bicyclists and pedestrians must share the roadway with <br />motor vehicles crossing the existing narrow two (2)-lane bridge that carries Orange Grove Road over I-40. The bridge is too <br />narrow to accommodate a pedestrian walkway. Lack of an adequate pedestrian crossing presents an unsafe environment for <br />students to walk to the schools. The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies the pedestrian bridge and <br />supporting sidewalk improvements as central elements in the plan for Grady Brown Elementary School. <br />17.44 Division <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />15 I-85 Pedestrian Bridge <br />Description: Construct a pedestrian bridge across I-85 to connect southern Hillsborough neighborhoods with Collins Ridge, <br />Daniel Boone Village, and Downtown Hillsborough. <br /> <br />Need: Neighborhoods to the south of I-85, such as those along Cates Creek Parkway and Beckett’s Ridge Drive, lack <br />pedestrian and bicycle connections to commercial amenities and neighborhoods north of the highway. Constructing a bridge <br />across I-85 would create a safe access point for pedestrians and bicyclists and link areas of Hillsborough south of I-85 to <br />Downtown Hillsborough and commercial amenities along Churton Street. Receiving sidewalks will be present on both sides of <br />the proposed pedestrian bridge. <br />New Project New Project <br /> 17