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<br /> <br />8 <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: On the news last night, they had a story about replacing stoplights in Chapel Hill and synchronizing <br />them, is that TDM? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: That is part of an Intelligent Transportation System (ITS). It is hard to quantify criteria for ITS and <br />TDM. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Next year, should # 6be our #2 priority? Where is our #2? <br /> <br />Randy Marshall: It is listed as #5. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: Is the developer of that project going to be making improvements? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: Waterstone? Yes, they will be making some improvements like turn lanes and they are suppose to <br />provide the area with bicycle/pedestrian lanes. But I’ll have to check with the town to see what they are going to <br />provide. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: The credit union will have to make improvements when it expands. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: We are trying to get what we can. <br /> <br />Jan Grossman: #13 is #1 for Chapel Hill, #2 for Carrboro and #1 for Orange County. <br /> <br />Bryn Smith: Because it has a low accident rate. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: Projects get points for being fully or partially funded in the TIP and that project is not funded. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: Are there any implications to being partially funded? <br /> <br />Nancy Baker: Like Elizabeth Brady Road? They have spent years on the environmental study. <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: They get extra points because if DOT has put money in the project already, some work has already <br />been done for those projects and it would not be good to pull those out. <br /> <br />Pascale Mittendorf: Regarding Churton Street, why is it a “low to negative environmental impact”? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: If the project will not extend the right-of-way, it is considered no significant impact. <br /> <br />Sam Lasris: We need to let them know we want our projects higher on the list. <br /> <br />Robert Peterson: Our number one project, we can submit comments on that point. In the next year, maybe we <br />should reconsider Orange Grove Road Extension to be # 6. Why is it so dangerous? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: The reason is because it doesn’t exist at this time so you use the crash data for the route that <br />someone would have to take to get to the two points it is connecting. <br /> <br />Jim Ray: How will you get over/under the railroad? <br /> <br />Karen Lincoln: There is a crossing. We would have to talk with the rail people. <br />