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and they did it with the help of Pilot Environmental Inc who studied of environmental concerns and issues including 154 existing conditions analysis, land use and traffic impacts, corridor and intersection feasibilities for this 4.25 square 155 mile area. 156 157 Randy Marshall asked a question: Who contracted this study- the State? 158 159 Nish Trivedi answered: The County paid for the study. 160 161 Nish Trivedi continued presentation. This study included a big spreadsheet with 30 rows of data that showed what 162 the various development sites might be. How much might be developed for example a 100-acre of land and only 163 about 30 acres of it could be developed due to constraints, environmental issues and market factors. What is 164 developed on these 30 acres would help determine the traffic impact in the area, traffic impact being how many cars 165 it might generate. The 2017 Transportation Study also evaluated NCDOT 24 different street cross sections; these are 166 what State routes are required to look like. It proposed 3 NCDOT cross sections of those for this area. The Study 167 also took into consideration the impact at intersections, what would be needed at those intersections such as turn 168 lanes and stop signs. The slides show some of the intersections that would need turn lanes, stops signs, etc. to 169 address the increased traffic for that development. 170 Now we are in the process of updating the original 2011 Access Management Plan using the 2017 Transportation 171 Study. On August 28, we conducted a community meeting at Gravely Hill Middle School to let the public know what is 172 going on in this process and get their feedback. The study also included recommendations and these are all 173 presented to you for your consideration as part of the draft. We are taking the original 2011 Plan, adding the 174 transportation study, with public comments, to create a whole new Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access Management 175 Plan. The study analyzed possible roads, these roads were carried forward from the original 2011 Access 176 Management Plan to insure everyone had access to their property while development occurs, and the circles are for 177 the various intersections. The green lines are from the study itself. The purple lines you see are where staff 178 identified additional roads that would be needed and additional studies would also be required to address the 179 increased traffic issues brought on by future development. The red circles are the intersections from the 2017 180 Transportation Study. We as staff think that additional intersections will be needed and more study and possible 181 improvements needed for those intersections (see the blue circles). Mebane has also recently adopted a 182 Comprehension Transportation Plan and it was adopted in June 2018. That is shown as the yellow lines and circles 183 on the map from their recently adopted CTP. The 2017 Transportation Study proposed 3 different cross sections a 184 90-foot right-of-way that includes bike and pedestrian accommodations and sidewalks. It included a 60 ft right-of-way 185 for areas east of Buckhorn Road and an 80 ft right-of-way for some of the major areas. The study also 186 recommended improvements to various intersections, adding turn lanes for various east and westbound routes along 187 70, Buckhorn Road, West Ten Road and Ben Wilson Road. As part of community outreach, we sent out letters to 188 property owners in and around the study area. We sent out over 700 notices about the community meeting. The 189 community meeting was held last Tuesday to get public comments. An estimate of 100 people attended. The 190 meeting had nice positive feedback. People engaging in knowing what’s going on in the area. We created a website 191 to keep the public informed and involved in the process and as a means of getting more feedback as this process 192 continues. We handed out a survey at the Community meeting to get feedback about what was presented to them. 193 The next steps – we are currently at the next step phase presenting the planning process and plan before the 194 Planning Board for review. The Draft Plan is in your attachment to for your review and comment. We will come back 195 next month in October for your recommendations to include as we present this to the Board of County 196 Commissioners’ later this year, tentatively targeting November for Public Hearing. This same presentation will be 197 given to the Orange Unified Transportation Board (OUTBoard) later this month and they will provide their 198 recommendations in October. A tentative Public Hearing is scheduled to go before the Board of County 199 Commissioners’ in November and depending on what they decide, they will act in November or December for their 200 decision. 201 202 Randy Marshall question: Has the Outboard seen this at all? 203 204 9