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Stantec Consulting Services Inc. <br />801 Jones Franklin Road, Suite 300 <br />Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-3563 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />August 5, 2020 <br />File: 171002240 <br />Attention: Mr. Chuck Edwards, PE, District Engineer <br />NCDOT Division 7, District 1 <br />115 East Crescent Square Drive <br />P. O. Box 766 <br />Graham, NC 27253 <br />Dear Mr. Edwards, <br />Reference: Research Triangle Logistics Park TIA Supplement <br />This supplement is to respond to a memo dated 7/31/2020 providing NCDOT comments on the Research <br />Triangle Logistics Park TIA. Based on the comments, we are recommending a change in the proposed <br />access at the intersection of SR 1009 (Old NC 86) and the service road. Instead of operating with the <br />existing condition, an unsignalized full movement intersection, this memorandum will summarize the <br />impacts of converting the service road to a right in / right out with a left over. Therefore, all traffic exiting the <br />site heading north to access I-40 or continue north will have to turn left out of Davis Road. <br />The following sections respond directly to the comments in the NCDOT Memorandum. <br />Committed NCDOT Projects <br />As noted, there are two proposed State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Projects in proposed <br />development’s study area, U-5845 and I-3306A. <br />According to the 2020 – 2029 STIP, project U-5845 (South Churton Street Widening) is proposed to start <br />right of way acquisition in State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022 and construction would be started in SFY 2025. <br />This project will install traffic signals at the Old NC 86 ramps (eastbound and westbound) accessing I-40. A <br />southbound right turn lane is recommended at the westbound on-ramp and an additional southbound left <br />turn lane and a northbound right turn lane are recommended at the eastbound on-ramp. These <br />improvements are noted in the attached figure from the U-5845 Capacity Analysis Report prepared by <br />Kimley-Horn and Associates (Figure ES-1). Due to current NCDOT funding issues, most projects are <br />currently on hold and this project schedule is subject to change. This project is funded with $15 Million in <br />Build NC Bonds that were noted to be paid back in 2025 – 2039. <br />Project I-3306 will widen Interstate 40 to six-lanes and install ITS along a 20.7-mile corridor. The section of <br />the project in the vicinity of the proposed development, I-3306 AA (I-40 from I-85 to NC 86), is scheduled to <br />start right of way acquisition and utilities in SFY 2021 with construction scheduled to start in SFY 2023. As <br />noted earlier, schedules are being re-evaluated as a result of the funding crisis, but this project is reported <br />to be a top priority for Orange County. As part of this study, improvements are recommended at the I-40 / <br />46