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MPO Board 03/10/2021 Item 9 75 Draft US 15-501 Corridor Study Scope — Summary (version:January 19,2021) This scope summarizes the tasks and products needed to finish the US 15-501 Corridor Study. Staff will use this summarized scope to create a request for proposal to select a consultant known for their creative bicycle, pedestrian and transit planning solutions. The request for proposal will emphasize that the DCHC MPO seeks solutions for the US 15-501 Corridor that are truly aspirational and lead the travel of our future rather than react to it. Review Draft Corridor Study and Process The consultant will become familiar with the draft US 15-501 Corridor Study report, including the vision and goals, demographic and travel profiles, public participation process, alternatives, recommendations and implementation, and the conceptual design. It is important that the consultant understand how the Study's proposed transportation system for the Chapel Hill segment and the 1-40/US 15-501 quadrant area did not meet the newly adopted Goals and Objectives of the DCHC MPO and the interests of several people who provided comments to the Board. The proposed design of the Chapel Hill segment favored vehicle travel over that of bicyclists and pedestrians, and included an 8-lane cross-section and Reduced Conflict Intersection (RCI) that would make bicycle and pedestrian crossing hazardous. The sole interchange proposed for the 1-40/US 15-501 quadrant was viewed as providing inadequate access to the Patterson Place and New Hope Commons developments, and as making bicycle and pedestrian movement hazardous between the developments. The consultant will review segment 1 (i.e., Chapel Hill) and the 1-40/US 15-501 quadrant area because these two areas need further public input, technical analysis, and development to create a Corridor Study that can be adopted. Segments 2, 3, and 4 will also require review and further development, but the level of effort in these segments is not expected to be as high as segment 1 and the 1-40/US 15-501 quadrant area. The consultant will conduct an informational meeting with the Project Steering Committee to identify and understand the unresolved issues in the draft Corridor Study report, conceptual design, and process. The Project Steering Committee is composed of staff from the DCHC MPO, Town of Chapel Hill, City of Durham, Durham County, GoTriangle, GoDurham, and NCDOT who were involved in the US 15-501 Corridor Study. Product • DCHC MPO will produce: A compilation of the comments received on the draft US 15-501 Corridor Study and staff responses to the comments, which identifies Page 1