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D R A F T <br />2 <br /> <br />AGENDA ITEM 6.A.: MPO/RPO AND NCDOT UPDATES 54 55 <br />Nish Trivedi gave status updates on transportation projects in Orange County 56 <br /> 57 <br />Members related concerns in areas in regard to speed. 58 <br /> 59 <br />Tom Altieri related that there is a list of areas for safety concerns and these concerns can be added to the list. 60 <br /> 61 <br />Amy Cole noted that Chuck Edwards used to come to update the OUTBoard annually and inquired about the progress of the 62 <br />pedestrian count on Orange Grove at New Grady Brown School Road. 63 <br /> 64 <br />Tom Altieri reported that the ped count report from NCDOT was recently received but is not aware if it has been shared with the 65 <br />schools yet. That was completed and will share that with the OUTBoard. He noted that NCDOT was surprised by the numbers 66 <br />and elaborated that some of the foot traffic is actually some of the people who are walking away from the school and getting into 67 <br />cars to drive offsite. 68 <br /> 69 <br />Amy Cole noted that there is only a flashing light on one side of the road and suggested that a light should also be on the Oakdale 70 <br />side. She added that the pedestrian bridge which has been asked for going back many years is the ideal solution but if that is not 71 <br />ever going to be done that traffic calming measures should be implemented to possibly include adding a light to the Oakdale side 72 <br />and only allowing traffic to flow in one direction at a time across the bridge. That way the pedestrians would have almost a full 73 <br />lane to walk on during school hours only. 74 <br /> 75 <br />Randy Marshall asked about the progress of the proposal to create a pick-up/drop-off lane for parents for the elementary school. 76 <br /> 77 <br />Tom Altieri noted that the Municipal School Transportation Assistance Program (MSTA) pedestrian component was received and 78 <br />there is an extensive list of recommendations from DOT on both the New Brady Brown School campus and Cedar Ridge. He 79 <br />related that it has been delivered to Orange County Schools and they are the client for that study and it’s a matter of funding and 80 <br />DOT has mentioned looking for funding sources to implement that. 81 82 AGENDA ITEM 7: INFORMATION ITEMS 83 84 AGENDA ITEM 8: ADJOURNMENT 85 <br />OUTBoard meeting was adjourned by consensus 86 <br /> 87 <br />4