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ATTACHMENT 1 D R A F T 5 Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing numbers of bicyclists using this route and there are also two schools along this route. This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle routes proposed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted April 6, 1999. This project is listed in the 2002-2008 TIP, as an incidental bicycle need. Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed as an independent project, and, if necessary, programmed in phases. 4. Old NC 86 (SR 1009) Bicycle Lanes: Construct bicycle lanes (4-foot paved shoulders) from Carrboro (Eubanks Road) to Hillsborough (I-40). This project, from the Carrboro Transition area (Hickory Forest Road) to Lafayette Drive, is priority 6 of the primary bicycle routes listed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan, and would extend bicycle accommodations requested in TIP Project R-2825 to Carrboro, where its Transportation Advisory Committee has also established bicycle routes on Old NC 86 as a transportation priority connection between proposed biicycle facilities along Old Fayetteville Road, Homestead Road and Eubanks Road. The feasibility study for TIP Project R-2825, improvements to South Churton Street, recommends afour-lane divided section for Old NC 86 (S. Churton St.) from I-40 to Lafayette Drive. That study also anticipates accommodations for bicycles (wide outside lanes) from I-40 to I-85. This project would connect bicycle facilities proposed in the South Churton Street project to Carrboro. Carrboro's Transportation Advisory Committee has recommended bicycle lanes along Old NC 86 in two separate requests for Carrboro's Priority List for the 2006-2012 TIP: • from Old Fayetteville Road to Homestead Road; and • from Homestead Road to Eubanks Road. 5. R-2825 Improvements to South Churton Street: Develop congestion management, limited access, aesthetic and capacity improvements between US 70 Business and Interstate 40. The portion between Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design criteria of the Economic Development District Design Manual (4-lane divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements). The feasibility study completed in February 2002 recommends a 4-lane divided, with 16-foot median, curb and gutter cross section for the entire corridor from I-40 to Eno River. Orange County stresses the need to study improvements within the current right-of-way for the segment north of Interstate 85. Improved capacity through widening is not the County's first choice because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US 70 Business and the proximity of the historic district north of the project limits. Orange County requests that, where conditions do not prevent the addition of frontage roads, the feasibility study include the addition of frontage roads with limited access from the corridor.