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ATTACHMENT 3 9 schools. The "Access Management and Awareness Project and Report for Orange Grove Road" recommends this project. Orange County has received a Safe Routes to School Action Plan Service Award to develop a plan to make walking and bicycling to Grady Brown Elementary School safer and more appealing. 2. SR 1009 (Old NC 86) Bicvcle Lanes: Construct bicycle facilities on Old NC 86 from Hillsborough Road in Carrboro to I-40 in Hillsborough. This route along Old NC 86, from Carrboro's Transition Area just north of Eubanks Road (SR 1727) to Rippy Lane (SR 1224), is priority 6 of the primary bicycle routes listed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan. This project would extend bicycle accommodations requested in TIP Project R-2825 (South Churton Street bicycle lanes from Interstate 40 to the Eno River) to Hillsborough Road in Carrboro and provide a connection between proposed bicycle facilities in Carrboro along Old Fayetteville Road, Homestead Road and Eubanks Road. 3. SR 1727 (Eubanks Road) Bicvcle Lanes: Construct bicycle lanes on Eubanks Road from Old NC 86 (SR 1009) to NC 86. This project would provide a safer bicycle connection between major routes into Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The project would provide bicycle access to the new Morris Hill Elementary School off Eubanks Road. Increased traffic on Eubanks from the solid waste convenience center and Chapel Hill Public Works Facility and Transportation Facility on Millhouse Road off of Eubanks presents conflicts with bicycle transportation on the facility. This project is in the 2030 DCHC Long Range Transportation Plan, and is also, from Rogers Road to NC 86, in the Chapel Hill Bicycle and Pedestrian Action Plan. 4. SR 1008 (Carmel Church Road): Construct bicycle facilities (4-ft. paved shoulders) on Mt. Carmel Church Road from US 15-501 to the Orange/Chatham County line. This project is a segment of the Mountains to Seas Bicycle Route. Mt. Carmel Church Road, from Chapel Hill's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction (ETJ) to the Orange/Chatham County line is priority 8 of the primary priority bicycle routes on the Orange, County Bicycle Transportation Plan. Increased traffic on Mt. Carmel Church Road from regional travelers avoiding traffic on major routes out of Raleigh has worsened travel conditions in this corridor that has many blind curves, making this popular bicycle route unsafe for bicycling. 5. NC 86 Bicvcle Lanes: Construct bicycle lanes (4-foot paved shoulders) from Chapel .Hill (Whitfield Road, SR 1730, SR 1731) to Hillsborough (US 70 Business). This project will extend bicycle lanes on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (NC86) in Chapel Hill to US 70 Business in Hillsborough. NC 86 from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing numbers of bicyclists using this route and there are also two schools along this route, A.L. Stanback Middle School and New Hope Elementary School Qust off NC 86 on New Hope Church Road, SR 1723). This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle routes proposed in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan. This project is included in the Bicycle Program as an incidental need. Orange County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed as an independent project, and, if necessary, programmed in phases.