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Orange County & NCDOT Highway Luncheon <br />Division 7 and District 1 <br />July 12, 12:00 p.m. <br />Resurfacing <br />x Three resurfacing contracts underway. Completion by November 2016 <br />x Significant routes <br />o US 15-501S. <br />o Erwin Road <br />o Old NC 86 <br />o Arthur Minnis Road <br />o New Hope Church Road <br />IV.UPDATES <br />a)NCDOT Prioritization 4.0. (Max Bushell) <br />Max Bushell gave a presentation on the status of project prioritization for the <br />SPOT P4.0 Transportation Project Prioritization Process (STIP 2018 – 2027). <br />See Attachment 2, a project flowchart. He answered questions regarding <br />theschedule, and explained that the Regional Impact scores are delayed, and <br />thatthe MPOs and NCDOT Divisions are working together on point assignment. <br />b)Access management work in the Buckhorn/Mebane EDD area. (Abigaile Pittman) <br />Abigaile Pittman stated that Orange County is finishing up with the examination <br />of access management issues in the Mebane/Buckhorn Economic Development <br />District that runs along the north side of I-40 between Buckhorn Road and I- <br />85/US 70 Connector and along the south side of I-40 between Ben Wilson Road <br />and Mt. Willing Road. <br />To this end, the County has solicited a transportation consultant to revise the <br />conceptual road layouts of the Buckhorn/Mebane EDD Access Management <br />Plan. The consultant’s report is being finalized at this time. <br />Revisions to the DCHC MPO and BG MPO Comprehensive Transportation Plans <br />(CTPs) are being made to clarify that the revised access management plan <br />alignments will function as collector street plan alignments. A Collector Street <br />Plan provides alignments that serve as a subset of the CTP roadway alignments, <br />since CTP mapping methods do not include collector streets. This will allow the <br />County to request reservation, dedication, and/or construction of roads as the <br />EDD develops in the future in situations where land is being subdivided by right, <br />no matter the functional classification of the roadway. <br />Steve Brantley stated that businesses can potentially qualify for NCDOT <br />economic development assistance.Chuck Edwards added that economic <br />development funds don’t cover the costs of right-of-way or utility relocation, but <br />that they can be combined with other funds. It was noted that NCDOT provided <br />approximately $800,000 for the access road to the Morinaga candy facility. <br />27