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TEAM QUALIFICATIONS Orange County Transportation Multimodal Plan 2 Pender County Collector Streets Plan Pender County, NC DATE COMPLETED 2021 I CLIENT CONTACT „n Abby Lorenzo " Deputy Director WMPO (910)341-7890 abby.lorenzo@wilmingtonnc.gov COST $40K :�- Screenshot from the StoryMaps based website developed for the project.This interactive website showed the extents,type and justification of each collector street recommendation in a popup window. Pender County has been experiencing high growth in the recent years.Its roadway infrastructure is having a difficult time catching up with the growth.The county had recently updated their Comprehensive Plan which allowed for much higher densities.Wilmington MPO and Pender County approached WSP to update their street plan for the portion of Pender County in Wilmington MPO to reconcile the street network with high growth.The Traffic Analysis Zones (TAZs)in the official Wilmington MPO Travel Demand Model(TDM)were not sufficiently granular in A screenshot from the original StoryMaps website that our team created as a final report of the CTP.WSP based the CTP on a more realistic future population and employment forecast resulting in a multi-modal plan better suited to meet the Town's transportation challenges Screenshot from the StoryMaps based website developed for the project.This interactive website showed the extents,type and justification of each collector street recommendation in a popup window.Additionally,the socio-economic data in the model anticipated a lower rate of growth than currently being experienced by the region. Our team formulated a methodology of estimating the future population and travel demand by creating granular TAZs in the study area based on the current roadway network.Using the future land use plan,parcel data,environmental data,travel demand model,and Streetlight Data,we identified the number and tentative locations of`access points'for each TAZ where future travel patterns may necessitate collector street access. A steering committee comprised of members from the public,NCDOT,and developer groups was continuously engaged throughout the project in addition to solicitation of public comments using online and paper surveys.The roadway sections stipulated by the plan ensured incorporation of bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure as an integral part of the collector street network.As a result of this exercise,instead of deterministic lines on the map denoting the location of future collector streets,we developed a probabilistic corridor for each collector street to provide enough opportunity to the developers and the Town staff to route the collector streets in the upcoming developments to their optimum benefit. The plan achieved the overall goal of the County to significantly reduce the total length of the planned collector streets from the previous plan by 75%,change the deterministic nature,and simplify multiple roadway sections in the previous streets plan.StoryMaps website was used for public and stakeholder engagement and as a final project website. Project Team Members Involved&Roles: Shivang Shelat(Deputy Project Manager); Sarah Parkins (Public Engagement Lead)