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Approved 2.20.19 <br /> 430 Nish Trivedi: You could recommend this project be tabled till MPO acts on the study. <br /> 431 <br /> 432 Heidi Perry: I can't support the project until I get the rest of the requested answers. <br /> 433 <br /> 434 MOTION by Heidi Perry to ask the BOCC table this project until the MPO work on it is complete: Seconded by Eric Broo. <br /> 435 VOTE: 8-1; Opposed by Jenn Sykes. <br /> 436 <br /> 437 Jenn Sykes: There are people who can't afford to live and they must use a car to get to work. And we are an economic <br /> 438 hub and we need to be very cognizant of that because the consequences of not making it easier to work. <br /> 439 <br /> 440 Matt Day: I would suggest that you also hold off and do the NC-86 and NC-54 updates to the CPT at the same time. If <br /> 441 we're going to hold off making any decisions about what to do with NC-54, then I would also recommend that you hold off <br /> 442 on making any requests about 86. <br /> 443 <br /> 444 Heidi Perry: So don't ask the RPO to update the CTP on NC-86? <br /> 445 <br /> 446 Matt Day: We can't ask DOT to do an update on one thing now and then come back six months from now for another <br /> 447 update. If we're going to have multiple requests,we need to make it all as one request. <br /> 448 <br /> 449 Heidi Perry. So, what's the timing in terms of these two projects, because we're waiting for more information on NC-54. <br /> 450 So,we don't want to ask them to do the CTP on that,yet? <br /> 451 <br /> 452 Matt Day: I would say even if we ask them to do a CTP update now on NC-86, you're not going to get that back for <br /> 453 another year, year and a half. <br /> 454 <br /> 455 Heidi Perry: So,what should our request be? <br /> 456 <br /> 457 Nish Trivedi: You can recommend both NC-86 and NC-54 be tabled till MPO/RPO CTPs are updated. <br /> 458 <br /> 459 MOTION by Eric Broo, Seconded by Heidi Perry. <br /> 460 VOTE: 9-0;Abstention by Jenn Sykes <br /> 461 <br /> 462 Jenn Sykes. The development issues aren't worth waiting on. The traffic congestion is already there and it's going to get <br /> 463 worse. It's going to get worse before it gets better, and I'd rather just try to get something started. This area is the <br /> 464 economic hub of the rural area. <br /> 465 <br /> 466 Heidi Perry: We want to get cars off of roads. <br /> 467 <br /> 468 Jenny Sykes: That may be ideal but it is not practical especially in rural Orange County. There people will always need to <br /> 469 drive to get to work. <br /> 470 <br /> 471 Nish Trivedi: The corridor study provides specific intersection improvements along NC-54 as short term solutions. <br /> 472 <br /> 473 Matt Day: When we submit these things, we try to keep them as vague as possible. We don't get into the specifics of turn <br /> 474 lanes, how long it is, or which direction or any of that. <br /> 475 <br /> 476 Eric Broo: Would the details be worked through a public process? <br /> 477 <br /> 478 Nish Trivedi: When STIP projects are committed and implemented, NCDOT host local officials and public meetings during <br /> 479 preliminary design. They take public comments so they can better finalize the design of these projects. Regarding the <br /> 480 other County Priorities that cross into Carrboro, they will be updated to remove curb and gutter but we will continue to <br /> 481 coordinate with Carrboro. Just because they may be part of Orange County's priority list, they may not be submitted by us, <br /> 482 Carrboro may choose to submit them. <br /> 483 <br /> 9 <br />