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26 <br /> Road Improvements: OUTBoard recommends - NCDOT standard street cross section 2B (60' <br /> row, 11' travel lane, with 5' paved shoulder) with intersection improvements, no C&G or <br /> sidewalk <br /> OUTBoard Recommendation- Widening: OUTBoard recommends <br /> • Table till MPO/RPO updates CTP/MTP <br /> • BOCC request TARPO request NCDOT study NC-86 for possible update <br /> Orange County Priority List— TARPO (table) <br /> Orange County Priority List— DCHC MPO (table) <br /> Commissioner Greene asked if the difference between SPOT 5 and SPOT 6, as pertains <br /> to bicycle projects, could be clarified. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said bicycle projects become highway projects. He said bicycle and <br /> pedestrian projects require the County to invest into such projects in order to be submitted. He <br /> said there are two different funding sources used for bike/ped projects. He said the County has <br /> a hard time getting these projects, and, as such, staff has converted them into highway projects, <br /> which would have paved shoulders wide enough for a bike lane. <br /> Chair Rich said the OUTBoard presents this concern all the time, as NCDOT does not <br /> recognize bike/pedestrian projects as a priority. She said this is a way around the issue, getting <br /> the road that is wide enough to add the bike lane. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if there is an update with Hwy 54. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said the corridor study is recommending widening, but there is an issue <br /> between Carrboro and the MPO on additional work to be done on this study. <br /> Commissioner Price asked if widening means additional lanes. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said yes, one lane on both sides. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said the elusive bike path from Carrboro to Hillsborough could <br /> be created if the County was able to pick which project gets completed. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said Old Highway 86 is the highway project connecting Hillsborough to <br /> Eubanks Road with a larger lane with a shoulder. <br /> Commissioner Marcoplos said most include the component of widening the road enough <br /> to include bike travel. He said maybe this will happen some day. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (revised) <br /> A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S LIST OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> PROJECTS FOR THE BURLINGTON-GRAHAM AND DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br /> METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS (BGMPO AND DCHC MPO) AND THE <br /> TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF <br /> INCLUSION IN THE 2022 — 2031 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT <br /> PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation (BOT), every two years, prepares a <br /> Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) that identifies transportation projects to <br /> be implemented over the next ten years with State and Federal funding; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina BOT solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local <br /> and regional importance to be included in the FY 2022-2031 STIP; and <br />