Agenda - 03-10-20; 8-j - Agreements for Right-of-Way Encroachments on Primary and Secondary Highways

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: March 10, 2020 Action Agenda Item No. 8-j SUBJECT: Agreements for Right-of-Way Encroachments on Primary and Secondary Highways — Bus Shelters DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Map of Shelter Locations Tom Altieri, 919-245-2579 2. Encroachment Agreement among NCDOT, Steven Arndt, 919-245-2658 Orange County and Town of Hillsborough for Craig Benedict, 919-245-2592 Three Shelters Theo Letman, 919-245-2007 3. Encroachment Agreement among NCDOT, Orange County and Town of Chapel Hill for One Shelter PURPOSE: To approve Right-of-Way Encroachment Agreements for Non-Utility Encroachments on Primary and Secondary Highways authorizing Orange County, on behalf of Orange County Public Transportation, to enter into agreements with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the installation of four (4) bus shelters at existing bus stops. Three bus stops are in Hillsborough and one bus stop is in Chapel Hill. BACKGROUND: In 2012, the Board of Commissioners along with the Durham-Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization and GoTriangle adopted Orange County's first comprehensive Transit Plan. This Plan was funded using a newly adopted Article 43 Half-Cent Sales Tax, and it included investments in new and expanded bus service, bus stop improvements, new capital infrastructure projects such as the Chapel Hill North-South Bus Rapid Transit Project and the Hillsborough Train Station. In November 2019, the Board of Commissioners approved a planning framework to update the Transit Plan. While the updated Plan will outline transit investment priorities through 2040, there are several existing bus capital projects, such as bus shelters, that were included in the original plan and are committed projects that continue to proceed. Orange County Public Transportation (OCPT) bus stop sites that have been targeted for bus shelters include (map provided at Attachment 1): 1. Faucette Mill Road at Cornelius Street (US 70); 2. North Churton Street (NC-86) at Hillsborough Police Station; 3. New NC 86 South Bound at Home Depot; and 4. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Homestead Road (Chapel Hill) These stops service more than one OCPT route including the Hillsborough Circulator and Orange-Chapel Hill Connector as well as GoTriangle and Chapel-Hill Transit routes.