Agenda 6-a - Orange County Transportation Priority List for SPOT 6.0 FY 2022-2031 STIP

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10 _ Current County priority as highway project Attachment 2:Draft Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro(DCHC)MPO Project List New Project Recommendations MPO/ AADT 2010- Crashes 2006- Map RPO Project Description/Need 2016 2016 2018 Results staff OUTBoard Description:Improve Homestead Road(SR 1777)from Old NC 86(SR 1009)to NC 86 to include bicycle lanes and sidewalks in sections of the corridor where they do not exist. Not submit to Remain County County priority Homestead Road NCDOT for P5.0 priority Need:There are three(3)schools in the vicinity of Homestead Road:Chapel Hill High School,Smith Middle School,and 19 DCHC Bike Lanes and Seawell ElementarySchool.Man students live within walkingand biking distance of Chapel Hill High School and must walk N/A Coordinating Sidewalks** y g p g No match o local with Coordinating or cycle along or across Homestead Road on a daily basis.Provision of bikeway and pedestrian facilities is necessary to give match or local with students a comfortable and safe lace to travel separate from that of motorized vehicular traffic.Homestead Road is also a municipality P P administration municipality commuting route for adult utilitarian bicyclists connecting residential areas to other arteries serving employment centers Not submit to County priority Remain County Description:Construct bicycle lanes on Eubanks Road(SR 1727)from Old NC 86(SR 1009)to NC 86. NCDOT for P5.0 priority 20 DCHC Eubanks Road Bike N/A Coordinating Lanes Need:This project would provide a separate facility for both recreational and commuter bicyclists to reduce/eliminate the No 20%local with Coordinating bike/automobile modal conflict along this corridor.The project would also provide access to the Morris Grove Elementary match or local municipality with School on Eubanks Road. administration municipality Description:Construct bike lanes and sidewalks from US 15-501 to Bennett Road and bike lanes from Bennett Road to the Chatham County line. Not submit to Mt.Carmel Church NCDOT for P5.0 21 DCHC Road Need:This project would provide a continuous paved bikeway facility from Chapel Hill through southeastern Orange County N/A County priority Remain County Bike/Pedestrian into Chatham County.The project connects to another project submitted by Chatham County to construct bike lanes along No 20%local priority Improvements** Mt.Carmel Church Road from the Orange County line to Old Farrington Point Road.This segment is listed as a Statewide match or local bicycle facility in the DCHC MPO MTP and is a continuation of the state's Mountain to Sea bicycle route through Orange administration. County. Description:Construct a sidewalk along the west side of Orange High School Road from Harold Latta Road to U.S.70, construct a sidewalk along the south side of Harold Latta Road from Cloverfield Drive to Orange Grove Road,install high Orange High visibility crosswalks and in-road signage at school entrances and exits on Orange Grove Road,and construct a sidewalk Not submit to School along entrance roads to CW Stanford Middle School. NCDOT for P5.0 22 DCHC Road/Harold Latta N/A County priority Remain County Need:Orange High School Road serves two schools north of U.S.70,Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. No 20%local priority Road Sidewalk There are currently no dedicated pedestrian facilities along Orange High School Road to accommodate students accessing match or local Improvements** the schools from residential areas to the north and east.The project would provide safe and comfortable pedestrian administration. connections from these areas to the schools.The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies these sidewalk and crosswalk improvements as central elements in the plan for both Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School. Description:Construct a pedestrian bridge over 140 alongside Orange Grove Road(SR 1006),construct a sidewalk along the north side of Orange Grove Road(SR 1006)from the pedestrian bridge to Timbers Drive,construct sidewalks along both sides of New Grady Brown School Road with a midblock crossing,and construct a sidewalk along one side of Oakdale Drive from Cheshire Drive to Orange Grove Road. Not submit to Seek other NCDOT for P5.0 Orange Grove Prohibited by funding source Need:I-40 separates two schools,Grady Brown Elementary and Cedar Ridge High School,from residential areas north of I- 23 DCHC Road/1-40 40 The schools are within walking distance of residential areas,but bicyclists and pedestrians must share the roadway with N/A No 20%local. STI (e.g.DEAPR, Pedestrian Bridge* §136-189 motor vehicles crossing the existing narrow two(2)-lane bridge that carries Orange Grove Road over 1-40.The bridge is too match or local .11 Federal SDBG- narrow to accommodate a pedestrian walkway.Lack of an adequate pedestrian crossing presents an unsafe environment for administration DA) students to walk to the schools.The Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan identifies the pedestrian bridge and supporting sidewalk improvements as central elements in the plan for Grady Brown Elementary School. Description:Construct a pedestrian bridge across 1-85 to connect southern Hillsborough neighborhoods with Collins Ridge, Daniel Boone Village,and Downtown Hillsborough. Not carried Seek other forward by MPO Prohibited by funding source 24 DCHC 1-85 Pedestrian Need:Neighborhoods to the south of 1-85,such as those along Cates Creek Parkway and Beckett's Ridge Drive,lack N/A STI (e.g.DEAPR, Bridge* pedestrian and bicycle connections to commercial amenities and neighborhoods north of the highway.Constructing a bridge No 20%local across 1-85 would create a safe access point for pedestrians and bicyclists and link areas of Hillsborough south of I-85 to match or local §136-189.11 Federal SDBG- Downtown Hillsborough and commercial amenities along Churton Street.Receiving sidewalks will be present on both sides of administration DA) the proposed pedestrian bridge.