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Draft <br /> <br /> <br />102 <br />David Laudicina thinks that it is a traffic flow issue and that signal improvements may be able to help. 103 <br />104 <br />Alex Castro agrees with Heidi that signalization could improve Hwy 54 more than adding lanes would. 105 <br />106 <br />Jeff Charles said that signalization causes a lot of potential problems and that it is not a simple fix. 107 <br />108 <br />Max Bushell explained that he needs to break number two under TARPO into two projects. 109 <br />110 <br />Matt Day explained that DOT required they leave the widening project in there. 111 <br />112 <br />Max Bushell said that from what he is hearing, the operational improvement project should be a top priority. 113 <br />114 <br />Matt Day agreed with Max Bushell. 115 <br />116 <br />Jeff Charles asked how many of the projects on the list have a chance of getting funded. 117 <br />118 <br />Max Bushell said that for DCHC not very many of these are likely to get funded, based on the level of competition 119 <br />between projects across the funding region. For TARPO however they do need a complete prioritized list. 120 <br />121 <br />Amy Cole asked if they are talking about construction with the on-ramp and off-ramp or are they talking about the 122 <br />actual overpasses on I-85 and Hwy 86. 123 <br />124 <br />Matt Day said that generally with an interchange project you’re replacing the bridge and the ramps all at the same 125 <br />time. 126 <br />127 <br />Amy Cole asked if the bridge will be widened and accessible for bicycles and pedestrians. 128 <br />129 <br />Matt Day said typically yes. 130 <br />131 <br />Jeff Charles asked if they can wait on voting until they see the scores from NCDOT. 132 <br />133 <br />Heidi Perry explained that if they waited they wouldn’t be able to give input. 134 <br />135 <br />Matt Day said that the TARPO meeting when they will actually vote on it is May 19th so if the Board meets before that 136 <br />day you can submit comments then. 137 <br />138 <br />Max Bushell said that he thinks the top three or four will be funded. 139 <br />140 <br />Matt Day said that from his experience interchange projects, interstate widening projects, and intersection projects 141 <br />scored well. 142 <br />143 <br />Max Bushell explained that since they have spent an hour on this already he suggested they move the two I-40 144 <br />projects to the bottom of the list as the group did not think those should be funded at the Regional Impact level and 145 <br />then they should go with the NCDOT scores in order from most to least for the remainder of the projects, because 146 <br />this is one small part of a larger public process and this will maximize the funding to Orange County. 147 <br />148 <br />Alex Castro asked if someone could restate the motion. 149 <br />150 <br />Max Bushell said the motion is to accept the NCDOT scoring as is in the DCHC MPO, but with the two I-40 projects 151 <br />at the bottom and to otherwise rank the projects based on NCDOT scoring. For the TARPO, he said we rank the 152 <br />5