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ATTACHMENT1 <br />5 <br />2002 - 2008 TIP as a line item to ensure optimal protection of the Sevenmile Creek <br />watershed. The .Upper Eno watershed, of which Sevenmile Creek is asub-basin, <br />has been designated a WS-II watershed; thus the County is committed to protect the <br />water quality by working with NCDOT to implement the strongest protection <br />measures available. <br />b) Capacity Improvements -Widen Buckhorn Road to 24 feet (two 12' travel lanes) and <br />improve the Intersection of Buckhom Road and US 70 to include turn lanes and <br />improved turning radii. <br />c) Rail Road Crossing Improvements -Improve the Southern Railway /Buckhom Road <br />(SR 1114) railroad crossing <br />. 2) Transit Improvements - It is increasingly evident, through the Triangle Fixed Guideway <br />Study and other research, that Orange County should begin Transit Planning to <br />coordinate local transit planning with. the Triangle Fixed Guideway Study <br />recommendations. In order to support transit in Orange County, the following <br />improvements have been requested: <br />a) Twenty Year Transit Development Plan for Oranae County -Funding is requested to <br />develop a long range transit plan that would integrate local transit systems with the <br />planned long range transit improvements of the Triangle Region (i.e., Triangle <br />Transit Authority's .Triangle Fixed Guideway System) and the state (i.e., Governor <br />Hunt's Transit 2001 Plan); <br />b) Park and Ride Lot in the Buckhom Economic Development District - Orange County <br />requests that a park and ride facility (from the adopted Orange County Economic <br />Development District Design Manual) be constructed ~as a demonstration project with <br />Transit 2001 Funds. This project is cleariy justified as it meets the warrants far a <br />park and ride lot for two growing regions in North Carolina, the Triad and Triangle. <br />3) Bicycle tmprovements - As bicycle traffic continues to grow in Orange County, we <br />continue to .request the following improvements: <br />a) E-3606 Oranae County Bicycle Route Map and Sians for Orange County Bicycle <br />Routes -This project. is requested. to assist bicyclists in identifying the routes <br />described in the Orange County Bicycle Route Map and to assist motorists in <br />identifying those routes whereby "sharing the roadA with bicyclists will be necessary. <br /> <br />