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98 <br /> lib <br /> 1.7 Relevant Plans <br /> This section summarizes relevant planning and policy efforts,focusing on the most recent transportation-related plans, <br /> and on those specific elements that affect the US 70 Corridor Study,or which could be affected by it. <br /> 1.7.1 Regional/Long Range Transportation Plans <br /> 2022 Burlington Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) <br /> This plan addresses the aspirational transportation improvements in the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization(BGMPO)area for the next 25 to 30 years. The noted recommendations within the study area include both <br /> roadway and bicycle improvements: <br /> ➢ Modernize US 70 by adding a wider paved shoulder to improve safety and mobility—creating a transit corridor <br /> from NC 119 to Supper Club Road. <br /> ➢ Widen NC 119 to a four-lane,divided facility;add bike lanes and sidewalk from NC 54 to Old Hillsborough <br /> Road/Trolling wood Hawfields Road. <br /> ➢ Widen Mattress Factory Road to a four-lane, divided facility;add bike lanes and sidewalk from Washington <br /> Street to Rock Quarry Road. <br /> ➢ Realign Mattress Factory Road to allow for safer railroad crossing and improve mobility;extend on a new <br /> location as a four-lane, divided facility with sidewalks and bike lanes. <br /> Numerous pedestrian accommodations are recommended in the Mebane municipal limits.On the US 70 corridor,the <br /> plan recommends a side path from Supper Club Road to Mattress Factory Drive and a wider,paved shoulder to <br /> modernize the roadway,and create a transit corridor from NC 119 to Supper Club Road. <br /> The plan also proposes urban bus corridors throughout downtown Mebane and along US 70 as well as a fixed guideway <br /> transit system along US 70 east of Third Street. <br /> 96 US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study Existing Conditions Report <br />