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7 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.] G. NC 86 (North of Hillsborough) Improvements: Widen NC 86, from US 70 Bypass north of Hillsborough to SR 1332, Coleman Loop (Coleman Loop also being the intersection area of the planned connector between NC 86 and NC 57), to four lanes with intersection improvements at US 70 Bypass, The Draft 2006-2012 STIP does not include this project. Orange County requests that this project be identified as a need and included in the 2006-2012 STIP. The crash rate (for the three-year period from January 1, 2001, to December 31, 2003) on the segment of NC 86 from US 70 Bypass. to NC 57 was 1147 crashes per 100-million vehicle miles, compared to an average 217 crashes per 100-million vehicle miles on NC routes in Orange County for the same three-year period. NC 86 is the major north-south route through Orange County. NC 57 converges into US 86 just north of US 70 Bypass, The segment of NC 86 between NC 57 and US 70 is congested, rendering a high accident location at the intersection of US 70 Bypass at NC 86. Development north of Orange County (in Caswell and Person Counties) will exacerbate traffic congestion and accident proliferation, II, Comments on Protect U-3808 Elizabeth Bradv Road Extension: South Of US 70 Business to north of US 70 Bypass at SR 1002 (St. Mary's Road), construct multilanes with new crossing of Eno River, A. The proposed corridor, discussed for many years, would require a crossing of the Eno River and impact natural areas, the river corridor and several historic properties, The Orange County Board of Commissioners stresses that the alignment and cross section for the project must be one that has the least impact on the Eno River, the natural environment and cultural sites. B. The Board would not support the option for an alignment along the ridge south of the Eno River (Poplar Ridge) that creates no new crossing of the river if, of the three alignments being studied, it would have the worst impact on biological and hydrological environments and on cultural sites.