OUTBoard Minutes - April 15, 2024

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51 an example of Central Pines. 52 53 J. Mayo then asked about Outboard priorities for the projects,and N.Trivedi advised it wouldn't be coming to them until 54 May.State Law[STIP]statute 146. N.Trivedi discussed the SPOT 7 process, R. Marshall asked if the formulas changed, 55 and N.Trivedi and D.Weaver advised no. 56 57 R. Marshall asked when we would get scoring; N.Trivedi advised we didn't know for sure but in the next few months. 58 59 R. Marshall asked how to influence the scoring. N.Trivedi advised that for the local ones we had influence, but the state 60 scored it the way they wanted.A comment was made that the Complete Streets project should make the score better.J. 61 Mayo advised that NCDOT will score it from their highway metrics. 62 63 S.Appel asked if the NCDOT scored something lower,could we ask the county to give it more of a priority?J.Mayo advised 64 that if it scores low, but if our division engineer,and we, make it enough of a priority then at least for our funding we can 65 influence that.Think of it like funding=NCDOT 50%and Local 50%. 66 67 i. Action: Informational only until MAY 68 69 5.b. U.S.70 Corridor[in SPOT 7] 70 71 Presentation by the consultant based on previously submitted questions.They advised to be clear,the widening of the US 72 70 isn't the consultant's recommendation,it's an assumption that it will happen;the recommendations are based on that 73 assumption. 74 75 The consultant referenced slide 2,the transcript of their last one-hour meeting,and the existing conditions report. 76 77 The volume development and model used was the Triangle Regional Model.This includes inputs from where people live, 78 where they work,anticipated future improvements,and modeling what traffic does now,and how it should change over 79 time. 80 81 They utilized street light data for tracking to develop 2022 base numbers;they work from projections, not absolute values. 82 Percentage differences are shown up until 2050.The thickness of the lines shows the difference in growth-the thicker the 83 line,the more growth. Regardless of widening there will be growth on 70,and what CAN go on 40 and 85 IS going on 40 84 and 85 with the widened 70 hwy in the presentation. 85 86 M. Hughes asked about Hillsborough 86 plans. N.Trivedi advised that Hillsborough has a Churton Street widening plan and 87 is going forward.The outcome of that widening is submitted to NCDOT to shape the multimodal corridor and is going 88 forward. How it will influence and shape 70 is to be determined.The consultant advised that if 86 looks like it will have 89 more traffic in the future, it's because it will,even if it is not widened,there will just be more congestion,even with 90 widening. 91 92 A. Menius asked why 70 businesses to the West of 86 from ENO are not in the study because it's historic. N.Trivedi 93 advised that the part that goes to historic is not,but the other is and it was decided this past year. It's a Town project so the 94 OC Board is not involved. 95 96 R. Marshall asked about the intersections with the 70 and if we had anticipated intersections,stoplights, roundabouts,etc. 97 that may be put in,in the future.The consultant responded that it would be at a major crossroads that will show growth 98 and that is taken as a base assumption from a flow perspective.J. Mayo wants to know about 2 lanes for portions of 70. 99 The consultant advised in the short time that there is a section B with 3 lanes including rumble strips, but that 70 hits flow 100 failure soon without the 4 lanes.There are issues of public right-of-way being used as parking lots that will be taken away. 101 Currently,there are 100-120 feet of right-of-way. 102 103