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Orange County & NCDOT Highway Luncheon <br />Division 7 and District 1 <br />October 30, 2013 12:00 p.m. <br />11/07/13 <br /> <br />--Bike/pedestrian projects will require a local match and projects to be locally <br />administered, so there must be a local commitment to those projects. <br />--Normalization of the formula across modes will allow a minimum of 4% and a <br />maximum of 10% of total funding at the region and division levels to be spent on <br />non-highway modes. <br />--The new formula may be advantageous for the widening of I-40 and I-85 in <br />Orange County, as they may be out of the hands of the MPO if funded as part of <br />the purely data-driven statewide tier category; however, these projects would still <br />be eligible for funding in both the regional and division tiers. <br />b. Addressing Local Traffic Issues: <br />i. Turning east from Churton Street onto US 70 (Craig Benedict, NCDOT) <br /> A description of this traffic problem was provided by Craig Benedict. Mike <br /> Mills stated that the solution to improving turning movements at this <br /> intersection would require widening the road to provide an additional turn <br /> lane) but that sufficient right-of-way is an issue. Dawn McPherson added that <br /> changes in the signalization could also help address the problem, such as <br /> having a through lane with a slip ramp. Craig Benedict added that the turning <br /> problem at this intersection also impacts plans for a transit hub related to <br /> OCBRIP Implementation, and that we are currently working with NCDOT and <br /> TTA to identify possible locations in the vicinity of this intersection for a large <br /> park-and-ride/transit hub. Earl McKee mentioned that 8-12 inch gas line <br /> infrastructure was just added under the road at the intersection. Bret Martin <br /> stated that he believed there was some additional room for right-of-way, the <br /> turn lane or slip ramp, at the intersection (in the southeast quadrant). <br /> Margaret Hauth stated that the grassy area Bret was referring to is key to the <br /> Town of Hillsborough’s Churton Street Plan and is included in future phase <br /> improvements. Earl McKee inquired about whether there were sidewalks and <br /> the response from several people was that there are no sidewalks. <br />30 <br />ReturntoAgenda