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Approved 11/20/19 4 and gutter, and we would have to stay within the existing right-of-way and topography. We have most recently added 160 comments and provided those to DOT with regard to the I-40 widening project so we know they’re going to be widening 161 I-40 through this area under the bridge all the way to where 40 and I-85 come together, and it’s possible that they are 162 going to have to do some work to the piers underneath that bridge in order to accommodate the additional lane. The 163 topic did come up at last night’s commissioners meeting during comments. It was mentioned that there were monies for 164 this consultant study, and it was considered to be at the forefront with a request that there be coordination with Orange 165 County Schools. Now, on the other side of the bridge, there is a need for some walkability in between the schools. You 166 are aware that we have submitted projects previously for SPOT scoring through the STIP, as recommended by DOT 167 staff. As we have done before when we are pretty confident that we would not have a fundable project and it would not 168 score well and certainly didn’t in SPOT 3.0. We took sort of a gap year there and did not submit that project in SPOT 169 4.0, but it certainly does remain on the County’s priority list. 170 171 Nish Trivedi: Just to give you an update on that, it is one of six projects that is submitted in TARPO for modernizing. 172 Not just modernizing, bringing it up to current standards and adding more paved shoulder and providing a safe benefit 173 for the shoulder. I’ll give more detail of their preliminary scores next year. That is on Orange Grove Road from 85 to 174 Dodsons Crossroads. 175 176 Amy Cole: I have some short-term solutions until potentially a new bridge can be built. I would really like to see at least 177 a temporary light to see whether or not this would actually slow down traffic and reduce the potentials for accidents. So, 178 at Oakdale and Orange Grove Road a temporary traffic light to see how this would slow down traffic and also reducing 179 the speed limit to 25 miles per hour during school time hours. There’s only one lane of traffic that’s able to actually 180 crossover the bridge at a time so it kind of cuts it back-and-forth. I would like to see some type of traffic calming 181 measures that occur there, and I think these are realistic temporary solutions that we can actually test out. I think this 182 is something that could potentially be a solution. 183 184 Tom Altieri: Particularly, if they could be time-limited so it coincides with the beginning and end of school. 185 186 Amy Cole: I’d rather see a Greenway down Old NC 86 than a sidewalk that takes a lot more maintenance to maintain. 187 The greenways are more attractive and there’s more flexibility on where they can go. 188 189 Tom Altieri: Greenways would go on currently private property, so you would have to obtain easements. 190 191 Amy Cole: Two years ago, when I went through and knocked on all people stores on Orange Grove Road and said how 192 do you feel about a sidewalk being built they were all supportive of it. I don’t think that it should be nixed, I think it 193 should be pursued. 194 195 Randy Marshall: Can we get a comment from the Sheriff about his reading on that intersection, and why he doesn’t 196 have officers servicing that intersection when there are other officers at other schools? 197 198 Tom Altieri: There are officers that are on do Grady Brown School Road between those two schools, but I have not 199 seen them on Orange Grove Road. 200 201 Tom Altieri: It’s to get the cars in and out of the schools and for pedestrians and crossing guards. I’ll bring that up. 202 203 Todd Jones: I think DOT needs to start taking pedestrians as seriously as automobiles. 204 205 Heidi Perry: They need to start walking with kids. 206 207 Amy Cole: Abigail had mentioned many times that the DOT was doing a safety check on that area, we have not 208 received that report. 209 210 Tom Altieri: We are hoping to get that information soon. 211 212