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SRTS PROJECTS <br />The SRTS program allows for a great variety of programs that can be implemented. <br />Eligible SRTS projects can be bundled as infrastructure and non-infrastructure. Funding <br />can include training volunteers, street crossings, safety and Intelligent Transportation <br />Systems (ITS), bicycle/pedestrian lanes, etc. All projects must be within two miles of a <br />K-8 school. <br />However, there are projects that are not allowed. The following are ineligible activities: <br />x Recurring costs, such as school crossing guards <br />x Pick-up and drop-off sites <br />x Educational focus buses <br />x Bus stop improvements <br />The NCDOT SRTS Program will fund only those activities that specifically plan for <br />improvements and programs that promote safe, active travel to K-8 schools and while <br />project inclusion in the adopted plan is encouraged, not all projects must be included in <br />the adopted SRTS plan. <br />A variety of sources were consulted during the development of the infrastructure <br />recommendations: <br />x Plans and studies <br />x Existing conditions <br />x The Consultant’s fieldwork inventory <br />x Public input <br />x Noted patterns of development <br />Grady Brown Elementary Projects Identified in the SRTS Action Plan: <br />x Project #1: New Grady Brown School Road Sidewalk and Midblock Crossing <br />x Project #2: Orange Grove Road / I-40 Bridge Pedestrian Facilities <br />x Project #3: Oakdale Road Safety Improvements <br />x Project #4: Patriots Pointe Trail Connection <br />CW Stanford Middle School Projects Identified in the SRTS Action Plan: <br />x Corridor Improvement Projects (8) (sidewalks, multi-use paths) along Orange <br />High School Road, US 70, Harold Latta Road, Miller Road, NC 86, NC 57, and <br />along new off-road multi-use paths. <br />x Crossing Improvement Projects (9) along US 70, Orange High School Road, NC <br />86, and Gwen Road. <br />x Traffic Calming Measures along US 70. <br />x On-campus Improvements (sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle racks, curb ramps). <br />x Enhance ‘cut throughs’ to school from neighborhoods to the north and west. <br />x Follow Town of Hillsborough’s sidewalk/greenway planning. <br />18 <br />ReturntoAgenda