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2 <br />Funding request (include amount of request and indicate other funding <br />sources): <br />The estimated cost (per NCDOT Division 7 staff) for the concrete, <br />and construction of the sidewalks and improvements to Homestead <br />Road for the recommended crass section is $688,300, That figure <br />does not include costs far right-of-way or utility relocation, which are <br />not known, <br />The NC Moving Ahead! program is a potential funding source for <br />construction of the sidewalks. NCDOT, to be consistent will <br />application of that program in other jurisdictions in Division 7, <br />requires that local jurisdictions obtain (and pay far) needed right-of- <br />way, and pay for utility relocation. NCDOT has expended all funding <br />for the current (2005) NC Moving Ahead! projects. The next program <br />will not be funded until after January 1, 2006. <br />Project location, scope and impact of program: <br />A map of the project and area is attached, The project is located in <br />the Joint Planning Area of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro <br />and Chapel Hill, predominantly in the Transition Area of the Town of <br />Carrboro, with a small portion in the Transition Area of the Town of <br />Chapel Hill, <br />The need for the sidewalk is immediate. <br />The project was initiated by residents of neighborhoods to the north <br />and west of Homestead Road who are concerned about the safety of <br />school children that walk or bicycle to Chapel Hill High School, Smith <br />Middle School or Seawell Elementary School, The proposed <br />sidewalk would provide safe access for students in surrounding <br />neighborhoods to walk to the existing sidewalk along High School <br />Road to access those schools. <br />