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ATTACHMENT 2 <br />REQUESTED PROJECTS <br />4 <br />1) U -2805. Homestead Road Widening: This project remains Orange County's top <br />priority of new road projects requested from TIP funds. Orange County requests <br />the further advancement of Homestead Road in the TIP schedule for the <br />following reasons: a) in the year 2000, the completed widening of Airport Road <br />will approximately double its capacity and provide increased access to the land <br />served by Homestead Road; and b) there will be a period of approximately two <br />years during which accident exposure will be increased because Homestead <br />Road will not have been improved at the same time as Airport Road. <br />1) NC 86. construct bicycle lanes: from Chapel Hill (Whitfield Road) to Hillsborough <br />(US 70). Scheduled improvements to Airport Road (NC86) in Chapel Hill will <br />extend bicycle facilities from UNC to Whitfield Road (SR 1731) in Orange <br />County. NC 86 from Chapel Hill to Hillsborough is experiencing increasing <br />numbers of bicyclists using this route and there are also two new schools along <br />this route. This route is listed as priority I of the primary bicycle routes proposed <br />in the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan adopted April 6, 1999. Orange <br />County requests that bicycle lanes be constructed. <br />2) US 70 Bypass Widening: from the intersection of US 70 Business to the US 70 — <br />1 -85 Connector, widen US 70 Bypass to a four -lane divided section with bike and <br />pedestrian improvements. This project should be phased to address traffic <br />counts and existing congestion. <br />OTHER REQUESTS <br />1) 1 -3306 Section A: widening of 1-40 to six lanes from 1 -85 in Orange County to US <br />15 -501 in Durham County — Orange County requests that 1 -3306 Section A and I- <br />3306 Section B be divided into two separate projects and programmed <br />separately in the TIP. <br />Project planning and design for this facility is in progress. Orange County <br />requests that it be included in the development of the Major Investment Study <br />and Environmental Impact Statement for this project to insure that there are no <br />detrimental land use impacts to the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />Orange County is opposed to any widening of 1-40 through Orange County <br />unless there is a commitment by NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated <br />bus lanes. <br />