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7 <br />COMMENTS ON OTHER TIP PROJECTS INITIATED BY NCDOT <br />1) I-3306 Section A: widening of I-40 to six lanes from I-85 in Orange County to <br />NC 147 (Buck Dean Freeway) in Durham County -Orange County is <br />opposed to any widening of I-40 through Orange County unless there is a <br />commitment by NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated bus lanes. <br />Transportation modeling studies indicate that the existing four-lane section <br />from I-85 to NC 86 may be adequate to handle projected future traffic, but <br />HOV lanes, along with widening to a six-lane section for general traffic, will be <br />needed to help alleviate congestion from NC 86 to Wake County. <br />Orange County requests that, if funding `cannot be secured through other <br />transportation- programs, this project include widening the bridge on Orange <br />Grove Road over Interstate 40 to provide safe access for bicycle and <br />pedestrian traffic over the interstate as recommended in the Orange Grove <br />Road Study recently executed by a joint committee made up of Orange <br />County and Town of Hillsborough Commissioners and staff from Orange <br />County and Hillsborough Planning Departments, Orange County Economic <br />Development Department, and NCDOT. <br />Orange County also requests that NCDOT landscape interchanges for this <br />project in an aesthetic manner. <br />2) I-305: widening of I-85 to six lanes and reconstruction of interchanges from I- <br />4Q afi Hillsborough to Durham County Line: Orange County is opposed to any <br />widening of I-85 through Orange County unless there is a commitment by <br />NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated bus lanes. <br />Orange County requests that its staff be allowed to participate in the planning <br />of the facility. The Countjr is specifically interested in the following <br />infrastructure improvements as they relate to the I-85fUS 70 Economic <br />Development District: <br />a} Erosion Control Measures -Orange County requests that permanent <br />erosion control measures be included in the project. <br />b} Landscaping of Interchanges -Orange County requests that NCDOT <br />landscape all reconstructed interchanges in an aesthetic manner. <br />c} Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities -Orange County requests that its <br />staff be allowed to participate in the determination of where and what <br />type of facilities are to be included in this project. Adequate guardrails <br />on overpasses and sidewalks and bike lanes (see the Regional Bicycle <br />Plan for Durham and Orange Counties} along roads where interchange <br />