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9 <br /> <br /> Carrboro Board of Aldermen – October 15, 2019 – Unconditional rejection of Phase 1 (Old <br />Fayetteville Road to Dodson Crossroads) recommendations. <br />TARPO and BG MPO are working with local jurisdictions as they address their unique priorities. <br />Those entities will take action on the study only after local jurisdictions have considered their <br />portion of it. Orange County has prioritized the corridor to address multimodal, congestion, <br />safety and mobility for all users. It has also submitted the project - NC-54 Improvements: Widen <br />NC-54 from Orange Grove Rd to Old Fayetteville Road with multimodal facilities - to TARPO for <br />SPOT consideration. However, the County has not taken formal action on the study <br /> <br />The County priority cannot be considered for SPOT in DCHC MPO as it is not in the adopted <br />2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). DCHC MPO must adopt the study in order to <br />pursue local input points for its portion of the corridor. <br /> <br />OUTBoard Comments - October 16, 2019: <br />The following comments were provided by the OUTBoard: <br /> Include more information on technology and/or Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) at <br />intersections and along the road. <br /> Include more information on bike/ped safety along the corridor. <br /> Include more information on how to prevent or manage caterpillering – bumper to <br />bumper traffic along the road, (e.g. managing speed). <br /> <br />A summary of all comments and responses have been collected (Attachment 3). This includes <br />Orange County Transportation Planning staff, DCHC MPO Technical Committee, Carrboro <br />Board of Alderman, Chapel Hill Town Council, and comments from an October 24th public <br />meeting in Carrboro. <br /> <br />DCHC MPO Technical Committee (TC) Recommendation - October 23, 2019: <br />The DCHC MPO TC recommended the DCHC MPO Board receive the study, proceed with <br />safety improvements along the corridor using information from the study, and that the local <br />jurisdictions work together with DCHC MPO to identify future roadway improvements. <br /> <br />Nishith Trivedi, Transportation Planner II, introduced Donald Bryson from VHB, who <br />gave the following presentation: <br />Donald Bryson said this study was completed among various agencies: <br /> <br />