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ATTACHMENT 2 7 <br />ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST <br />FOR CONSIDERATION OF FUNDING IN <br />THE NORTH CAROLINA TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />ORANGE COUNTY PROJECTS WITHIN <br />THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO <br />METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA <br />Orange County would like to give priority to identified safety needs on existing roads <br />and bridges and to other transportation projects which foster alternatives to automobile <br />travel: The County also endorses environmentally responsible construction of all <br />transportation projects. Finally, the County supports adequate maintenance for existing <br />transportation facilities. <br />As a member of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization, <br />Orange County will continue to work with the Transportation Advisory Committee <br />(DCHC TAC) to develop a complete list of pro}ect priorities for the portion of Orange <br />County that lies inside the urbanized area boundary.. However, there are selected <br />projects in Orange County, which we would like to address now because they have <br />been the subject of discussions between the TAC and the Department of Transportation. <br />or because there are other special concerns. <br />REQUESTED PROJECTS <br />Q U-2805: Homestead Road Widenina -This project remains Orange County's top priority <br />for new road projects requested from TIP funds. Orange County requests the further <br />advancement of Homestead Road in the TIP schedule for the following reasons: a) in <br />the year 2000, the completed widening of Airport Road will approximately double its <br />capacity and provide increased access to the land served by Homestead Road; and b) <br />there will be a period of more than four years between completion of improvements to <br />Airport Road and construction of improvements to Homestead Road, and during that <br />time, accident exposure will be increased because Homestead Road was not improved <br />at the same time as Airport Road. <br />2) NC 86. construct bicvcle lanes: from Chapel Hill (Whitfield Road) to Hillsborough (US <br />70). Scheduled improvements to Airport Road (NC86) in Chapel Hill will extend bicycle <br />facilities from UNC to Whitfield Road (SR 1731) in Orange County.. NC 86 from Chapel <br />Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing numbers of bicyclists using this route and <br />there are also two new schools. along this route. This .route is listed as priority I of the <br />primary bicycle routes proposed in the Orange County Bicycle .Transportation Plan <br />adopted April 6, 1999. Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed. <br />3) US 70 Bvpass Widening; from the intersection of US 70 Business to the US 70 - I-85 <br />Connector, widen US 70 Bypass to a four-lane divided section with bike and pedestrian <br />improvements. This project. should be phased to address traffic counts and existing <br />congestion. Orange County requests that this project be identified as a need and included <br />in the 2002-2008 STIP. <br />g:Uclincoln~ip02-08Unplistdoc111-29-99Uc1 <br />