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18 <br /> <br /> Most likely 23-foot raised grassed median with ditches east of NC 119 <br />• Potentially narrower median in limited locations <br />• Curb-&-gutter appropriate in some locations <br /> <br />6 graphs <br /> <br />Implementation <br /> <br />Graph <br /> <br />Estimated Costs <br />Total = $180 million <br />Alamance County = $ 80 million <br />Orange County = $100 million <br />By Phase <br />$43 million – Phase 1 Subtotal (Orange County) <br />$48 million – Phase 2 Subtotal <br />$24 million – Phase 2: Alamance County <br />$24 million – Phase 2: Orange County <br />$36 million – Phase 3 Subtotal (Alamance County) <br />$53 million – Phase 4 Subtotal <br />$20 million – Phase 4: Alamance County <br />$33 million – Phase 4: Orange County <br /> <br />Carrboro Comments: <br />Carrboro provided the following comments at its October 16 Meeting: <br />• While Carrboro is skeptical about the recommended widening, it understands current <br />operational and intersection improvements in the Town may help address some of the <br />growing traffic and safety issues at this end of the study area. <br />• It also understands future improvements will be needed as traffic continues increasing <br />along the corridor. These improvements are anticipated over the next 20 years and <br />beyond and in future SPOT processes as presented. <br />• Transit may help address the increasing traffic. Coordination between the two current <br />providers – PART and Chapel Hill Transit – along the corridor will need to be improved <br />in the future. <br />• Town acknowledges NCDOT does not fund Shared Use Paths due to its current bicycle <br />and pedestrian policy as well as complete streets policy, even if it is NCDOT right-of- <br />way. This is something local jurisdictions must address. <br /> <br />OUTBoard Comments: <br />• The OUTBoard opposes widening NC-54, based on the rationale: increase lanes results <br />in more cars on the road, this escalates negative impacts on air quality and subsequent <br />impacts on climate change. <br />o Recommends making intersection improvements first. <br />o Adding passing lanes second. <br />• Provide a dedicated transit lane and improve transit services between all service <br />providers along the corridor, this includes: <br />o Better coordinated currently provided services by PART and Chapel Hill Transit. <br />o Adding additional services by Go Triangle and Orange County Public Transit. <br />o Include Bus Rapid Transit as a preferred recommendation to widening.