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STATUS OF PRIORITY LIST SUBMITTED FOR 20024008 TIP <br />ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST <br />FOR CONSIpERATION OF FUNDING IN <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PRO R<M <br />Omnge County would Ilke to glue ptlotlty to idendf tl safety creeds on exieting roads antl <br />bdtlges antl to other transportation projeas which fpsterellxnatlves to automobile <br />travel. The County also aMOmee envlronmenfally responsible conshualdn of sll <br />o-ansppaedpn projeas. Flnally,the County supports adequate maintenance for existing <br />transpoHadgn fadllges. <br />Our Yarvspprtatgn needs Ilst Is divided inro two sections. The Nat aealgn deals with <br />selected projects within the Durham-CAapel HIII-Carrboro mehvpelifan planning area. <br />The second section deals wl[h pmjeas in the remaining pprtgns of Orange County <br />wMCh lie outside of the Durham-Chapel HiIlCartbom metropglBan planning area. <br />ORANGE.OOUNTY PROJECTS WITHIN <br />THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CP.RRSORO <br />METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA <br />As a member of the Durham-Chapel HilbCamboro MetropolRan Planning <br />O~ganiza[nn, Oange County will wndnue to work wkh the Transportation <br />Advisory Committee (DCHC TAC) to tlevelopa complete list M project priodfies <br />for the portion of Orange County that Iles inside the urban¢ed area boundary. <br />However, there are selected projects In Orange County, which we would like tc <br />address now because they have been the subled'of discussions between the <br />TAC antl the Department of Trensportetion or because [here are other special <br />concerns. <br />REOt1E3TED PROJECTS <br />0 U-2eos~ Homem a Roatl WMen'na - Tha projevl remeim Orange Count's top <br />prmriry kr new mod projects requested from TIP fuMS. Ororge C unry requests <br />Me fuller advancement of Homestead Road in the TIP schedule far the <br />following reasons: a) in the year 21pp, the cgmpletetl widening of Almort Road <br />will eppmximately double %a cepacity antl provide inasasetl access [o Me IoM <br />served by Homestead Road antl b) therewill be a perlotl of more Men four years <br />between complallgn of Inyrovemente to Airyod Road antl consWCgon of <br />ImprovemenN ro Nomestea0 Road, all tlwiig that time, aaitlent amosure w111 <br />be inveasetl because HomestaM Reed wee not improved at be same time az <br />Airport RqM. <br />STATUS This project is f1rdY funded antl planning and dasgn phases ere in progress. <br />Right-o( uey acgWSifbn u schedWetl for FY 2003 and wnstruction is <br />scheduled far FY 2009. <br />2) NC BB. mnstmd bicvde lanes ham Chapel Hill (WbitFleltl Rosd) to HIIlsborougM1 <br />(US ]6). Scneeutetl improvements to Aimort Road (NC86) in Chapel Hill will <br />extend blcyde fadlalea from UNC b Whitfiel0 Road (SR 1]31) in Orange <br />County. NC e6 from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough Is expetlendng Increasing <br />numbers of 6irydisLS using [his route and there am also two new schools along <br />