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20 <br /> 1 Nishith Trivedi said that if the project is in a locally adopted plan, NCDOT will pay the full <br /> 2 cost. He said if it is not in the plan but is an identified need, there will be a cost share. He said <br /> 3 that if it is a project that has never been identified then the local government has to pay for those <br /> 4 facilities. <br /> 5 Vice Chair McKee asked if a shared use path is a sidewalk. <br /> 6 Nishith Trivedi said no because a shared use path is 10 feet, minimum, and a sidewalk is <br /> 7 5 feet. He said that NCDOT defines them separately. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Slide #16 <br /> Issues Addressed <br /> • NC 54 east of Chapel Hill; <br /> • DCHC MPO — approved 2012 —widening (6 lane) with multimodal <br /> • CAMPO— approved 2016 —widening (4—6 lane) along rail corridor <br /> o Widening increases demand —gradual increase, based on growth rate <br /> • Local and regional development increases traffic, not just its demand as <br /> documented in TIAs (Dollar General, Shops at Lloyd Farm, etc.) <br /> o Only 2,000 additional traffic is generated by the widening. <br /> Current approved TIAs demonstrate that they generate more traffic even <br /> without the widening <br /> o UNC hospital and university— UNC's annual commuter survey (rink)- less than <br /> % of use NC 54, more than M people on NC 54 use it for other destinations. <br /> UNC hospital - bulk of its traffic is east of Orange County <br /> o NCDOT wants 4 lane divided without bikelped or transit — Not true <br /> o 1-40 not included in analysis — Not true <br /> • A bus on 54 will take cars off of 54 — Not true <br /> 10 15 <br /> 11 Nishith Trivedi said the NC 54 widening is part of the Triangle bikeway study now. He said <br /> 12 that the TIA's demonstrate that the developments will increase traffic more than the widening <br /> 13 itself. He said that UNC used an annual commuter survey and it showed only '/4 came from <br /> 14 Orange County. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 <br />