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~oJG~~ 16 E. R-2825 Improvements to South Churton Street: Develop congestion management, limited access, aesthetic and capacity improvements between US 70 Business and Interstate 40, The Draft 2006-2012 STIP does not include this project, Orange County requests that NCDOT fund this project, The portion between Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design criteria of the Economic Development District Design Manual (4-lane divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements). The feasibility study completed in February 2002 recommends a 4-lane divided, with 16-foot median, curb and gutter cross section for the entire corridor from I-40 to Eno River. Orange County stresses the need to study improvements within the current right-of-way for the segment north of Interstate 85. Improved capacity through widening is not the County's first choice because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US 70 Business and the proximity of the historic district north of the project limits, Orange County requests that, where conditions do not prevent the addition of frontage roads, the feasibility study include the addition of frontage roads with limited access from the corridor. Development of Waterstone, a 337-acre mixed use development, is underway off the east side of South Churton Street in the Hillsborough Economic Development District north of I-40, Current (2003) Average Annual Daily Traffic counts on Churton Street in this corridor vary from 11,000 just north of I-40 to 15,000 south of I-85 to 19,000 south of the Eno River, Traffic is expected to increase dramatically as Waterstane's 134 single-family houses, 128 town home/patio homes, 271 apartments, 450,000 square feet of retail space, 408,000 square feet of mixed use, 150,000 square feet of office space, a 20-acre community college site, and more, are completed. Another approved development on S, Churton Street, Oakdale Village, will add over 122,000 square feet of retail and office development on the west side of Churton Street north of Oakdale Drive. The developers of both projects will make some improvements on South Churton Street, and plans should be coordinated to provide the facilities as recommended in the feasibility study for this corridor, F. US 70 Bypass Widening: Widen, from the Orange/Durham County Line to the US 70 - I-85 Connector east of Efland, US 70 Bypass to a four-lane divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements, This project should be phased to address traffic counts and existing congestion, The Draft 2006-2012 STIP does not include this project, [NOTE: Orange County may wish, in the next update, to propose phasing of this request, with each phase proposed as a separate project,)