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22 <br /> Nishith Trivedi said that traffic impact analysis done for development does not include <br /> widening because it is not existing right now. He said the watershed was addressed and <br /> improvements made in accordance with the county's plans. <br /> Slide #19 <br /> Issues Addressed <br /> a Southern Orange County can simply use the widened 1-40. <br /> • Southern rural County residentsand businesses,must not be over-burdened and <br /> underserved by transportation investments made to benefit just the northern and <br /> eastern,urban,or other regional commuters. <br /> • 11 40 widening may help but it serves a totally different function then NC 54 <br /> • Phase 2 demonstrated destination and origin patterns between Chatham, <br /> Orange and Ala mance Counties travel behavior are using INC 54,Not 1-40. <br /> a Safety and Operational improvements anticipated along NC-54(R-5321A) <br /> • Traffic is back to pre-covid levels and accidents rates are on the rise,especially <br /> 1 nju ries and fatalities. <br /> • Complete scoping,engineering to start in 2027 for possible,3 left turn lanes <br /> • Construction may fund up to 3 of them. <br /> • Hatch road—west bound left turn lane(CarrboWETJ) <br /> • Southern driveway at NC 54-driveway access(Carrboro/ETJ) <br /> • American Stone Company driveway access(grange County) <br /> • Should construction be funded,any bikelped will require local match <br /> • Currently not a locally adopted plan <br /> • Subject to restoring in SPOT 7, if not successful,project is removed from STIP <br /> o Designation and Origin-Google and Streetlight technology-travel is predominantly <br /> on NC 54 for all of southern Orange County,from Burl ingtonlGraham to areas beyond <br /> Chapel Hill and Carrboro,not 144 <br /> Nishith Trivedi said that the R5021A is funded for engineering and includes three left turn <br /> lanes. He said there is a possibility of funding all three and they are near the Hatch Road area. <br /> He said this will not address the safety issues highlighted in Southern Orange County. <br /> Slide #20 <br /> Action <br /> o Manager recommend SOCC approve NC 54 Multimodal Corridor Study <br />