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26 <br /> Slide #9 <br /> Background - TWTPO <br /> • US-70 Improvements Modernize w/CS <br /> + NC 86 Improvements North of Hillsborough Remove Remove and study <br /> Eno Mountain Road/Mayo Street at Orange Grove Rd. Mobility w/CS <br /> • U.S.70 East/1-85/I-40 Connector Mobility w/CS <br /> • Old Greensboro(SR-1005)Road Improvement Modernization <br /> Dairyland Road(SR-1177)Improvement Modernization <br /> Dodson Crossroad(SR-1102)Improvement Modernization <br /> • Orange Grove Road(SR-1006)Improvement Modernization <br /> Lebanon Road Modernization <br /> • Old NC-86(SR-1009)Improvement Modernization <br /> • Dimmocks Mill Trestle Improvements Rail <br /> • Exchange Park Lane Rail Trestle Improvements Rail <br /> • Orange Grove Rd.Widening with Bicycle and Pedestrian Mobility w/CS <br /> • Calvander Roundabout Mobility <br /> • Orange County Public Transportation Circulator II Vehicles Transit <br /> Orange High School Road/Harold Latta Road Sidewalk Mobility w/CS <br /> • 1-85 Pedestrian Bridge* BikelPed <br /> • NC-10Improvements Modernization <br /> Regional Multimodal Hub Rail&Transit <br /> 9 <br /> Nishith Trivedi said "w/CS" means "with Complete Streets," relating to the Complete <br /> Streets initiative. He said Complete Streets only applies to highway projects. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked what they mean by "modernize." <br /> Nishith Trivedi said it means bringing roads to current design standards, such as land <br /> width and shoulder width. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked if the current STIP US 70 Improvement project does not <br /> modernize. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said Transportation Advisory Services (TAS) and staff are recommending <br /> that the US 70 project be submitted as it was before, which includes widening and multi-modal <br /> accommodations. He said the OUTBoard is not recommending the widening but to submit it as <br /> modernization. <br /> Commissioner Fowler asked what the difference is between widening and <br /> modernization. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said it means to bring it up to current standards such as add more <br /> pavement and add more shoulder. <br /> Chair Bedford asked if the county just had a two-year consultant study for US 70. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said yes, and he said he could submit that study as is if the Board wanted <br /> him to. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked why the OUTBoard recommended removing the NC 54 <br /> project. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said it was the widening, which could lead to increased demand and more <br /> cars on the road. <br /> Commissioner Carter asked if the final recommendation is to remove those. <br /> Nishith Trivedi said TAS is submitting them as they were approved. <br />