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US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study 5.2.1.3 Designate wildlife crossings where animal strikes are high. The designated crossing in Figure 20 is located on US 70 between Seven Springs Road and Linden Road, where car accidents involving deer were reported at especially high rates. By erecting physical structures such as fencing, this improvement can guide deer to move in a predictable pattern. Signage on US 70 alerting drivers to the crossing will increase their awareness of possible deer interactions. o E.8.1: Develop location for a designated wildlife crossing of US 70 between Seven Springs Road and Linden Road. Relevant Plan Goals: Goal 7: Work towards Vision Zero. Goal 12: Reduce wildlife-automobile conflicts. I 5.2.2 Traffic Operational Improvements 5.2.2.1 Reduce automobile congestion delay times in response to project traffic demand growth through the corridor. As stated in Section 5.2.1, US 70 is not equipped to effectively absorb projected future car trips without significantly increasing corridor congestion.The following traffic improvements, depicted in Figure 21, will preempt this problem: o C.1.2: Realign Revere Road approach to the US 70/Faucette Mill Road intersection; reroute Short Street accordingly. o C.1.3: Construct/extend exclusive turn lanes on the west- and northbound approaches to the US 70/Faucette Mill Road intersection. o CIA: Construct exclusive turning lanes at the US 70/NC 86 intersection, including dual eastbound left turn lanes from US 70 onto NC 86 northbound. o D.1.2: Extend existing south- and westbound right turn lanes at the US 70/Orange High School Road intersection. o D.1.3: Upgrade the US 70/N. Scotswood Blvd. intersection to a roundabout. o E.1.2: Extend turn lanes at the US 70/NC 751 intersection. o F.1.1: Upgrade the US 70 Business/Lawrence Road intersection to a traffic signal. 97 Recommendations