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DURHAM - CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO <br />METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br />TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT REQUEST <br />Project Tttle: NC 66 Bicycle Lanes (Pal Shoulders) <br />Request is for an Independent Project <br />Estimated Cast $1,000,000 <br />Roviesino Aaencv' Orange County <br />PmleH Des NMlnre Provide paved shoulders along NC 88 from US 70 A in Hillsborough to SR <br />1730 (Whitfeld Road) in Chapel Hill and may be programmed in phases. <br />Pjgiffs atldcatbrr This mad Is popular route for bicyclists to travel from Chapel HIII Mthe rural <br />roatls that Imemect wit NC W. Two schools are located along this route. This <br />project Is the number one primary route listed in A Bicycle Tranaoortafon Pan <br />for Orange County and is also a part of the DCHC Regional Birycte Plan. This <br />project would link bicycle lanes on Airport Road in Chapel Hill with bicycle <br />lanes along project U -381DS (Elizabeth Brady did). US 88 name several <br />sections of to Hillsborough Area EOD. An objective of tat EDD is t attract <br />mixed uses that make 0 s cools and feasible to u alternative faces of <br />transportation within the EDO. This project is lisatl� an incidental bicycle <br />project In the current TIP but no corresponding roadway project has been <br />programmed The Hillsborough Transporafion Plan Its% the ROW adequate <br />for ultimate roadway aimed 0 he four lanes divided with bicycle lanes. <br />coal Evaudistion cmana <br />1. An element of the '2025 Current Trend Long Range Transportation Plan' <br />2 Degree of congestion (volume r apaoity) <br />3. Solely (e.g., awldents,100 million vehicle miles of al (1997calculation) <br />4. Postal National Highway System <br />5 Reduces use ofaMgle occupant vediule <br />a Provides fo more hanspormion clroices <br />7 Promotes energy conservation <br />a Has minimal impact on the naluml environment <br />9. Encourages economic devebpmenf consistent with disaffect land use plans <br />10 Adverse dilated; do not dia/XWertionately afieat low mare as <br />11. Tmnspodati in Improvement Program Sal <br />Yes <br />0.63 <br />47B <br />No <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />No <br />