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406 <br /> Stantec Consulting Services Inc. <br /> 801 Jones Franklin Road, Suite 300 <br /> Stantec Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-3563 <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, INC 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 INC 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 1-40 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 1-3306A. <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 INC 86 ramps (eastbound and westbound) accessing 1-40. 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 INC Bonds that were noted to be paid back in 2025—2039. <br /> Project 1-3306 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, 1-3306 AA (1-40 from 1-85 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 1-40/ <br /> Design with community in mine: <br />