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ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST 2006 - 2012 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing numbers of bicyclists using this route and there are also two schools along this route . This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle routes proposed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted April 6 , 1999 . This project is listed in the 2002 - 2008 TIP , as an incidental bicycle need . Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed as an independent project , and , if necessary , programmed in phases . 4 . Old NC 86 ( SR 1009 ) Bicycle Lanes : Construct bicycle lanes ( 4400t paved shoulders ) from Carrboro ( Eubanks Road ) to Hillsborough ( 1 -40 ) . This project , from the Carrboro Transition area ( Hickory Forest Road ) to Lafayette Drive , is priority 6 of the primary bicycle routes listed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan , and would extend bicycle accommodations requested in TIP Project R - 2825 to Carrboro , where its Transportation Advisory Committee has also established bicycle routes on Old NC 86 as a transportation priority connection between proposed bicycle facilities along Old Fayetteville Road , Homestead Road and Eubanks Road . The feasibility study for TIP Project R - 2825 , improvements to South Churton Street , recommends a four- lane divided section for Old NC 86 ( S . Churton St . ) from 1 . 40 to Lafayette Drive . That study also anticipates accommodations for bicycles (wide outside lanes ) from 1 -40 to 1 - 85 . This project would connect bicycle facilities proposed in the South Churton Street project to Carrboro . Carrboro ' s Transportation Advisory Committee has recommended bicycle lanes along Old NC 86 in two separate requests for Carrboro ' s Priority List for the 2006 - 2012 TIP : • from Old Fayetteville Road to Homestead Road ; and • from Homestead Road to Eubanks Road . 5 . R- 2825 , Improvements to South Churton Street : Develop congestion management , limited access , aesthetic and capacity improvements between US 70 Business and Interstate 40 . The portion between Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design criteria of the Economic Development District Design Manual ( 4 - lane divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements ) . The feasibility study completed in February 2002 recommends a 4 - lane divided , with 16400t median , curb and gutter cross section for the entire corridor from 140 to Eno River . Orange County stresses the need to study improvements within the current right- of-way for the segment north of Interstate 85 . Improved capacity through widening is not the County ' s first choice because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US 70 Business and the proximity of the historic district north of the project limits . Orange County requests that , where conditions do not prevent the addition of frontage roads , the feasibility study include the addition of frontage roads with limited access from the corridor . 2