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Orange County & NCDOT Highway Luncheon Division 7 and District 1 October 19, 2015 12:00 p.m. 3 x The widening of NC 54 to a four-lane boulevard from Orange Grove Road to Old Fayetteville Road is in the County’s Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) (2013). x Orange County learned of Carrboro’s opposition to the NC 54 widening towards the end of the SPOT 3.0 process when TARPO/DCHC were looking at assignment of local priority points. x The NC 54 project will be submitted again as part of the SPOT 4.0 but through coordination among parties (NCDOT, DCHC MPO, Orange County, and Carrboro). This will allow consideration of both widening and improvement options, and to see how they score. x The NC 54 project will be modified in SPOT 4.0. The corridor will be split into multiple segments which include widenings and operational/ intersection improvements: o Widening from Old Fayetteville Road to Orange Grove Road o Operational improvements from Old Fayetteville Road to Orange Grove Road o Intersection improvements at NC 54 and Orange Grove Road o Intersection improvements at NC 54 and Dodson’s Crossroad o Intersection improvements at NC 54 and Neville Road o Intersection improvements at NC 54 and Old Fayetteville Road x DCHC MPO is also looking at the concept of a corridor study that if completed could help shape future improvements to the corridor. x At this stage of SPOT 4.0, organizations are determining which projects move forward for NCDOT scoring. Assigning local points comes later in April 2016; and a year from now final SPOT 4.0 scores will be released. Earl McKee inquired about the point assignments and what happens when there isn’t uniform agreement. Mike Mills responded that intersection improvements have scored really high in SPOT 3.0 and could probably be funded based on data alone. Earl McKee asked if the vehicle count on NC 54 is known, and how close it was to capacity. Tom Altieri responded that it is known and could be provided. Erik Hallman asked Mike Mills about the status of the TIP project for the widening of I-85. Mike Mills responded that they are also going to split the I-85 project in Orange County into multiple segments, breaking out I-85 from NC Hwy 70 E towards Durham and look at the NC Hwy 86/Old I-85 interchange to see how they score as separate projects at the regional and state levels, respectively. c)Access management work in the Buckhorn/Mebane EDD area (Abigaile Pittman) An update on the County’s work on access management plans in the Buckhorn/Mebane economic development area was given: 42