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19 <br /> Attachment 2:Draft Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro(DCHC)MPO Project List <br /> Need:This project would provide one segment of a bikeway connection through western Orange County from Carrboro to the No 20%local <br /> Buckhorn Road and Mebane area and improve the safety of the subject thoroughfare for both bicyclists and motorized match or local <br /> vehicular travel.The project is not likely to score very high using the State's congestion and benefit-cost scoring factors and is administration <br /> only eligible for funding at the division tier. <br /> Description:Construct a multi-use path connecting English Hill Lane to Buttonwood Drive. <br /> Not carried <br /> Trail Connection Need:Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan.An existing forward by MPO <br /> 27 DCHC from English Hill barrier to pedestrians toward Orange High School and CW Stanford Middle School exists between residential areas along N/A Removal` <br /> Lane to and east of Buttonwood Drive and residential areas along and west of English Hill Lane.The improvement would provide a No 20%local <br /> Buttonwood Dr. direct pedestrian connection from highly populated residential areas further west from the schools and make walking match or local <br /> distances safer and more manageable. administration. <br /> Description:Construct a multi-use path connecting the southwest corner of Patriots Pointe to Timbers Drive to shorten <br /> walking distances for pedestrians. <br /> Not carried <br /> Trail Connection forward by MPO <br /> 28 DCHC from Patriot's Need:Project is recommended as an improvement in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Action Plan.An existing N/A Removal* <br /> Pointe to Timbers barrier to pedestrians exists between Patriots Point Apartments and Timbers Drive such that long walking distances are No 20%local <br /> Dr. required for pedestrians from Patriots Pointe to access the New Grady Brown Elementary School and Cedar Ridge High match or local <br /> School along Orange Grove Road with no designated pedestrian facilities.The improvement would provide a direct administration. <br /> pedestrian connection from Patriots Point to Timbers Drive and Orange Grove Road in the direction of the schools that make <br /> walking distances more manageable. <br /> Notes: <br /> *STI Law§136-189.11.Transportation Investment Strategy Formula section(d).(3).c.—The Department shall not provide financial support for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects. <br /> **Sidewalk subject to NCDOT sidewalk cost share policy 40%Orange County <br />