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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION WORKGROUP RECOMMENDATIONS Notes from Transportation Work Group retreat Hillsborough House Inn August 18 , 2001 Recommendations from the group Comments to NCDOT regarding Elizabeth Brady Road ( note , the group did not re -vote after additional alternatives were offered ) : The seven options being studied in priority order by what is preferred by the work group : 1 . Elizabeth Brady alignment 3 , which does not cross the river , goes across ridge ( IF this is the least impact to the river) 2 . Elizabeth Brady alignment 2 ( averts racetrack , crosses river) 3 . ( original ) Elizabeth Brady alignment 1 4 . Lawrence Road (with 86 connector ) but different function from above 5 . Western bypass 6 . No build 7 . Widen Churton St . from 70 business to 70 bypass Additional comments : ➢ Expand the DOT study area to the entire 50 -year water and sewer boundary from the town plan ➢ Have DOT continue with its existing list of options ➢ Add the consultant ' s current study area boundary as a 8t�' alternative , adjusted as needed and using existing roads where possible ➢ Design the Elizabeth Brady road extension to minimize the impact on the Eno River , even if it reduces mobility ➢ Treat Elizabeth Brady Rd . as a local road , not a bypass ➢ Treat Lawrence Rd . option as having a different function from Elizabeth Brady , to move through traffic around , not through , downtown ➢ Develop a new interchange of 1 ~ 85 east of Lawrence Rd . to create possible bypass alternative ➢ Do other non - road fixes on Churton Street to address congestion & safety , too Other Recommendations. All include bike and pedestrian features ( not in priority order) Amend current plans : 1 . Amend Western Bypass to begin near US 70 connector from 1 . 85 and delete King Edward Road extension from plan . Extend existing roads : 2 . Extend Lawrence Rd . south and west to connect with NC86 at the Old / New 86 connector 3 . Extend Palmers Grove Church Road south to new interchange on 185 and continue south to connect with New Hope Church Rd . 4 . Extend NC 86 west at Churton Street to run parallel with railroad and connect to Eno Street at Nash Street 5 . Extend Orange Grove Road east to US 70 business 6 . Extend JJ Freeland Memorial Drive east to Valley Forge Road 7 . Realign and extend Old NC 10 to connect the access road through Hampton Pointe & cross railroad to provide access to Beckett ' s Ridge and through to Oakdale Drive New road alignments :