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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ORANGE UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION BOARD (OUTBOARD) <br />REGULAR AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:September 18, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.6 <br />SUBJECT:Eno Economic Development District (EDD) Access Management Plan <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1.Draft Eno EDDAccess Management <br />Plan <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Abigaile Pittman, Transportation/Land Use <br />Planner, 245-2567 <br />PURPOSE:To receive a brief introduction tothe Draft Eno EDD Access Management Plan for <br />establishing transportation connectivity as the study area develops in the future. <br />BACKGROUND:The Eno Economic Development District (EDD) Area Small Area Plan <br />(adopted June 24, 2008; amended February 3, 2009) recommended the approval of an access <br />management program for US 70 and Old NCHighway 10 to provide better transportation <br />systems and capacities as development proceeds in the area. <br />Since adoption, Planrecommendations have been implemented in preparation for economic <br />development in the Eno EDD areaincluding: <br />x Land Use Plan Map amendments <br />x Pre-zoningof land <br />x Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO) amendmentsfor EDD districts <br />x An inter-local utility service <br />agreement with Durham <br />x Workhas begun on a public water <br />and sewer master plan <br />x Planning for a cross-county bus route <br /> <br />x Striping of two-foot bike lanes along <br />Old NC 10/Old Hillsborough Road <br />x I-85/US 70 interchange concept plan <br />was drafted by NCDOT <br />x I-85 widening project and US 70 <br />interchange project have been <br />entered in the State’s Transportation <br />Improvement Program (TIP) for <br />implementation in a post develop- <br />ment program. <br />The study area for the proposed access management plan comprises approximately 980 acres <br />of landin the vicinity of US Highway 70 and OldNCHighway 10 (near Durham County).As <br />properties are developed for non-residential land uses within the Eno EDD, transportation <br />interconnectivity and access will become increasingly important, enhancingthe importance of a <br />formally adopted access management plan for the area. Formally adopted transportation plans <br />are necessary to procure federal and state funding for projects and to require developer action <br />and contribution in providing transportation infrastructure consistent with a master plan. <br />Adopted access management plans can also be incorporated into regional transportation plans, <br />which will enhance Orange County’s collaboration with the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />Metropolitan Planning Organization (DCHC MPO). <br />33