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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 />16 Dairyland Road paved shoulders <br />Description: Widen Dairyland Road (SR 1004/1113/1177) from Old NC 86 (SR 1009) to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) to <br />include four (4)-foot paved shoulders. Part of this project is located within the TARPO planning area. The portion of this project <br />within the TARPO planning area is being recommended for inclusion in that project list. This project is scheduled in the STIP <br />for a feasibility study (STIP # EB-5108). This project is provided/recommended in the DCHC MPO MTP. <br /> <br />Need: This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Carrboro to the <br />Buckhorn Road and Mebane area and improve the safety of the subject thoroughfare for both bicyclists and motorized <br />vehicular travel. The project is not likely to score very high using the State’s congestion and benefit-cost scoring factors and is <br />only eligible for funding at the division tier. <br />17.40 Division <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />17 Trail Connection from English Hill <br />Lane to Buttonwood Drive <br />Description: Construct a multi-use path connecting English Hill Lane to Buttonwood Drive to provide pedestrian connectivity <br />from residential areas east of English Hill Lane to both Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. <br /> <br />Need: Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan. An existing <br />barrier to pedestrians toward Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School exists between residential areas along and <br />east of Buttonwood Drive and residential areas along and west of English Hill Lane. The improvement would provide a direct <br />pedestrian connection from highly populated residential areas further west from the schools and make walking distances safer <br />and more manageable. <br />23.05 Division <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />18 Trail Connection from Patriots <br />Pointe to Timbers Drive <br />Description: Construct a multi-use path connecting the southwest corner of Patriots Pointe to Timbers Drive to shorten walking <br />distances for pedestrians. <br /> <br />Need: Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan. An existing <br />barrier to pedestrians exists between Patriots Point Apartments and Timbers Drive such that long walking distances are <br />required for pedestrians from Patriots Pointe to access the New Grady Brown Elementary School and Cedar Ridge High <br />School along Orange Grove Road with no designated pedestrian facilities. The improvement would provide a direct pedestrian <br />connection from Patriots Point to Timbers Drive and Orange Grove Road in the direction of the schools that make walking <br />distances more manageable. <br />20.57 Division <br />Not Carried <br />Forward @ MPO <br />Level <br />*Map ID Number corresponds to the general location of each project on Attachment 3: DCHC MPO Project Map. <br />**Bike/Pedestrian projects require a 20% local match and must be locally administered. Right-of-way acquisition is also not a permissible cost to be funded by NCDOT for these projects. Bicycle projects may be eliminated <br />from the MPO process to submit projects for prioritization in the absence of a letter of commitment from the Board of County Commissioners providing funding for the local match, right-of-way costs, and local administration. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 18