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11 <br /> Attachment 5:Draft Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro(DCHC)MPO Project List <br /> MPO/ AADT 2010- Crashes 2006- 2018 Results Recommendations <br /> # RPO Project Description/Need 2016 2016 (SPOT 5.0) <br /> Staff OUTBoard <br /> Description:Widen US-70 and improve intersections from Buckhorn Road(SR-1114)to Durham County with NCDOT <br /> standard street cross-section 4G(110'row,17.5'median,11'travel lanes,5'bike lane,c&g,and sidewalk),add turn lanes <br /> and safety improvements at NC-86,St.Mary's Road(SR-1002),Efland Cedar Grove Road(SR-1004),Frazier Road(SR- West 6400-6200 Total 1148 <br /> 1310),Richmond Road(SR-1312),Brookhollow Road(SR-1324),Faucette Mill Road(SR-1328),Miller Road(SR-1555), 10 fatal <br /> Lawrence Road(SR-1561),Palmers Grove Church Road(SR-1562),Pleasant Green Road(SR-1567),Orange High School 12 serious injury <br /> 1 DCHC US-70 Road(SR-1588),and N Scotswood Boulevard(SR-2300). 100 minor injury N/A Approval Approval <br /> /BG Improvements <br /> 220 possible injury <br /> Need: This is a major east-west corridor linking Mebane,Hillsborough and Durham through Orange County.Traffic continues 706 property <br /> Ea <br /> increasing with more commuters traveling from Mebane and Hillsborough into Durham.Many use this corridor to avoid 1-85.It st 12000- damage <br /> is also designated at a Strategic Freight Corridor in the DCHC MPO adopted Freight Plan. 14000 <br /> Description:Reconstruct interchange at 1-85 and NC 86 <br /> 1-85/NC 86 Funded <br /> Need:This project would relieve existing and/or future expected congestion on the under-capacity existing interchange to <br /> 2 DCHC Interchange N/A Statewide Funded Funded <br /> accommodate future capacity improvements to I-85 and increase operational efficiency at the on-ramp/off-ramp intersections <br /> Improvements with NC 86.The new interchange would also be an opportunity to provide pedestrian and biking facilities across 1-85;these TIP I-5984 <br /> facilities do not currently exist along the corridor. <br /> Description:Widen NC 86 from U.S.70 Bypass to north of NC 57 to four(4)lanes with intersection improvements at U.S.70 <br /> Bypass and NC 57 <br /> Total 114 <br /> NC 86 Need:The segment of NC 86 between NC 57 and U.S.70 is highly congested.Traffic counts indicate that this segment of NC 1 serious injury County Priority <br /> 3 DCHC Improvements 86 is over capacity for average annual daily counts.Capacity improvements would ease congestion and improve travel time 17,000-18,000 5 minor injury Approval Approval <br /> North of along this primary north-south corridor connecting the Town of Hillsborough to NC 57 and northern Orange County. 26 possible injury 51.02 Regional <br /> Hillsborough Additionally,this area is identified in the Orange County Safe Routes to School Plan and the Town of Hillsborough 82 property 27.42 Division <br /> Connectivity Plan as an area in need of improvements for pedestrians,particularly for school age residents of the Fairview damage <br /> neighborhood that walk to Orange High School and Stanford Middle School.The Town of Hillsborough Connectivity Plan also <br /> calls for bike lanes in this area as well. <br /> Eno Mountain Description:Realign the intersection of Eno Mountain Road(SR 1148)and Mayo Street(SR 1192)with Orange Grove Road Eno 3800-4500 Total 38 <br /> Road/Mayo Street (SR 1006)and make safety improvements. 4 minor injury County Priority <br /> 4 DCHC 4 possible injury Approval Approval <br /> at Orange Grove Need:The project would improve safety,reduce travel time,and improve traffic flow between residential and commercial Mayo 5300- 30 property 14.36 Division <br /> Rd. areas in the Town of Hillsborough. 5200 damage <br /> Description:Modify the 1-85/1-40 Connector(SR 1239)interchange at U.S.70 to provide access from all directions. Total 54 <br /> t/14Need:The project would enable traffic from northwestern Orange County to access 1-85 more easily without risking the many <br /> 1 fatal County Priority <br /> 5 DCHC U.S.70 Ea Connector <br /> 5/I- points of traffic conflict through Efland. Traffic has increased on Efland-Cedar Grove Road as an alternative to NC 86.Much 4100-4900 5 minor injury Approval Approval <br /> 40 Connector of that traffic currently"dog-legs'through Efland via Forrest Avenue to Mt.Willing Road to access 1-85/1-40.Traffic counts 4 possible injury 18.43 <br /> Regional <br /> reveal that traffic has increased approximately 40%over the past 10 years on Mt.Willing Road just south of Forrest Avenue, 44 property 13.0.03 Division <br /> while traffic on U.S.70 east of Efland-Cedar Grove Road has increased only 2%.The project would dramatically improve damage <br /> travel time for traffic from northwestern Orange County to 1-85/1-40 and would dramatically ease congestion during peak <br /> periods in Efland. <br /> Description:Modernize Old Greensboro Road(SR-1005)from Jones Ferry Road(SR-1942)to Alamance County with <br /> NCDOT standard street cross-section section 2B(60'row,11'travel lanes,with 5'paved shoulder), add turn lanes and safety Total 339 <br /> improvements at Jones Ferry Road(SR-1942),Hatch Road(SR-1944),Neville Road(SR-1945),Carl Durham Road(SR- west 2800-3000 5 fatal <br /> DCHC Old Greensboro 1950),White Cross Road(SR-1951),Wildcat Creek Road(SR-1953),and Orange Chapel Clover Garden Road(SR-1956). 6 serious injury County Priority <br /> 6 /TARP (SR-1005)Road 45 minor injury Approval Approval <br /> O Improvement— Need:This project would provide a continuous paved bikeway segment from Carrboro through the southwestern portion of 51 possible injury 22.36 Division <br /> Orange County to connect with other bikeway segments that comprise the state's Mountain to Sea bicycle route.The project east 4600—4800 232 property <br /> is not likely to score very high using either the State's highway or bike/pedestrian scoring factors because of its rural context damage <br /> and is only eligible for funding at the division tier. <br />