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Approved 11/28/18 4 Heidi Perov: The questionnaire you used was odd because you are working in an area where there isn’t any public 169 transit, bike or pedestrian facilities so it seems like the better way to ask this in the future is would you use transit if it 170 were available; would you ride bikes or walk in your community if there were facilities available; what is the one part 171 of your commute that is the most frustrating. Other comments I have is that I would like to see included in there in 172 the intersection improvements that roundabouts be considered along with turn lanes. I would say if you have a road 173 with sidewalks included in the cross-section that it would be good not to have a speed limit over 45 mph. I would also 174 say when you have a road with 12 foot lanes and 5 foot shoulders; I would consider changing that design to 11 foot 175 lanes and putting in an extra buffer between the lane and the shoulder with the other foot. Also, I didn’t hear anything 176 in the report about air quality. Is there anything that requires an air quality report would be part of that road 177 improvement process? 178 179 Nish Trivedi: No, I don’t think that is part of our UDO for development. 180 181 Heidi Perov: My last comment is that I think as part of this report there should be something that says that new 182 technologies should be taken into account and studied which may offer new ways to address intersection 183 improvements, traffic flow and safety without road widenings. I think there is going to be smart signalizations that are 184 going to improve in 10 years’ time and promoting transit to get people to not be in their cars which would actually 185 improve the roads to the point that we may not have to widen them. So I think new technologies and public transit 186 should be addressed. 187 188 AGENDA ITEM 4C: NC 54 CORRIDOR PLAN PRESENTATION (NISH TRIVEDI) – 189 Provide comments to the BOCC for November 1st meeting 190 191 Nish Trivedi reviewed a presentation on the draft plan. 192 193 Nish Trivedi: Because of the congestion along Hwy 54, people along 54 wanting to get out of their driveway have to 194 wait there for a long time just to get out. There are a couple of subdivisions along that road that people have 195 reported having to wait a very long time to get out on the road. 196 197 Heidi Perov: Where are the high crash points on this road, are there high crash points on this road? 198 199 Nish Trivedi: There have been crash studies done. As you can see on the bottom it shows the number of accidents. 200 201 David Laudicina: There is very high traffic on Mebane Oaks especially on the weekends going to Saxapahaw. 202 203 Nish Trivedi continued presentation 204 205 Heidi Perov: That’s not going to support our planet very well. There’s nothing in this project that support public 206 transit. 207 208 David Laudicina: Was there any talk about having a Bus Rapid Transit with stations along the way. Make them 209 dedicated. 210 211 Nish Trivedi: We can include that in the comments. One thing mentioned as PART to provide service along this 212 corridor all the way to UNC. The total cost of this project if the entire thing was done over the next 20 years or 30 213 years would be 180 million dollars; 80 million in Alamance County and 100 million in Orange County and it does 214 include the shared use path which 20% would be on the County. 215 216 Heidi Perov: They also don’t have the right-of-way. 217 218 Nish Trivedi: And it would require right-of-way acquisition. 219 220 Heidi Perov: So it will never happen, I don’t even think you should include it because it is obvious – without the right-221 of-way. 222 223