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US 70 Multimodal Corridor Study The second round of community workshops occurred in November and December of 2023.The workshop dates and locations are listed below: • November 19, 2023—2:00 PM —4:00 PM o Mebane City Hall — 106 East Washington Street, Mebane NC 27302 • December 2, 2023—2:00 PM —4:00 PM o Town Hall Annex— 105 E Corbin Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 • December 9, 2023—2:00 PM -4:00 PM o Whitted Building—300 W Tryon Street, Hillsborough, NC 27278 These workshops were advertised by each partner agency in their respective communities. The project team presented a summary of the existing conditions data and findings and presented draft recommendations for each segment of the corridor. Feedback and responses from the second round of public workshops were incorporated into the final recommendations. In total, twenty-five individuals attended across all three events. Participants were encouraged to ask questions during the presentation about the recommendations and offer comments, which were noted by the project team. 2.5 Interactive Map For each round of community workshops, the project team welcomed corridor comments through an interactive map. The interactive map was prominently featured on the project website and promoted through the workshops and Study Team communications to the public. During the first round of workshops, residents, commuters, and other users of corridor were encouraged to contribute to the Study Team's understanding of the corridor by placing "markers"' on assets, issues, opportunities, and quick fixes on locations of interest.This map was open for comment for 8 weeks. Figure 2 below displays the distribution of the 55 interactive submissions by comment category.A plurality of submissions was vehicle-related current issues that addressed safety, visibility, speed, passing, and other operational problems. 9 The Plan Making Process