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10 <br />2) NC 88 Bicycle Lanes Construct bicycle lanes (4 -foot paved shoulders) <br />from Chapel Hill (Whitfield Road) to Hillsborough (US 70 Business). This <br />project will extend bicycle lanes on Airport Road (NC86) in Chapel Hill to <br />US 70 Business in Hillsborough. Bicycle lanes have recently been <br />completed along NC 85 from UNG to Whitfeld Road (SR 1731) in Orange <br />County. NC 86 tram Chapel Hill M Hillsborough is experiencing increasing <br />numbers of bicyclists using this mute and there are also two schools along <br />this mute. This mute is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle mutes <br />proposed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted April <br />6, 1999. This project is listed in the 2002 -2008 TIP as an incidental <br />bicycle need. Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed <br />as an independent project, and, h necessary, programmed in phases. <br />3) R -2825 Improvements to South Church Street Develop congestion <br />management, limited access, aesthetic and capacity improvements <br />between US 7D Business and Interstate 40. The portion between <br />Interstates 40 and 85 will conform to the design criteria of the Economic <br />Development District Design Manual (4 -lane divided sector with bike and <br />pedestrian improvements). The feasibility study should explore a vaneiy <br />of improvements within the current right-of-way for the segment north of <br />Interstate 85. Improved capacity through widening Is not the first choice <br />because of significant constraints between Interstate 85 and US 70 <br />Business and the proximity of Me historic distnd north of the project limits. <br />Orange County requests that, where conditions do not prevent the <br />addition of frontage roads, the feasibility study include the station of <br />frontage roatle with limited access from the corridor. <br />4) US 70 Bypass Widening Widen, from the Orange/Durham County Line W <br />the US 70 — 1 -86 Connector east of Efiand, US 70 Bypass to a four -lane <br />divided section with bike and pedestrian improvements. This project <br />should be phased to address traffic counts and existing congestion. <br />Orange County requests that this project be identified as a need and <br />included in the 20042010 STIR <br />5) NC 86 (North of H'IlsbomuaM Improvements_ Widen, from US 70 Bypass <br />north of Hillsborough to SR 1332 (Coleman Loop), NC 86 W four lanes <br />with intersection improvements at US 70 Bypass. NC 86 is Me major <br />nosh -south mute through Orange County. NC 57 converges into US 88 <br />just north of US 70 Bypass. The segment of NC 88 between NC 57 and <br />US 70 is congested, rendering a high accident location at the intersection <br />of US 70 Bypass at INC 86. Development pressures in this area will <br />exacerbate tragic congestion and accident proliferation. <br />6) R -3438 Hillsborough Westem Bypass: Construct a two -lane facility <br />connecting US 70 with NC 86 North and Stroud s Creek Lane, using a <br />portion of SR 1332 (Coleman Loop) right-of-way. ThIS project will create a <br />