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ATTACHMENT 2 <br />Proiect Title: <br />Estimated Cost. <br />Requesting Agency: <br />Proiect Description: <br />Proiect Justification: <br />6i <br />DURHAM <br />CHAPEL HILL CARRBORO <br />AETROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION <br />ATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROJECT REQUEST <br />U -2805, HOMESTEAD ROAD WIDENING <br />$4,048,000 <br />Orange County <br />Improve Homestead Rd. by adding lanes from High <br />School Road (SR 1834) to Airport Rd. <br />When completed, improvements currently under <br />construction to widen Airport Road will double <br />(approximately) Airport Road's capacity. Homestead <br />Rd. is inadequate now and improvements are not <br />scheduled until 2004. <br />crc ecc cvaruarion (a <br />iena: <br />1. <br />An element of this <br />"2025 Current Trend Long Range Transportation Plan" <br />Yes <br />2. <br />Degree of congestion <br />(volume%apacity) (1997 calculation) <br />1.5 <br />3. <br />Safety (e.g., acci <br />ents/100 million vehicle miles of travel) (1997 calculation) <br />467 <br />5. <br />Promotes Nation <br />l Highway System <br />No <br />6. <br />Reduces use of s <br />"ngle occupant vehicle <br />No <br />7. <br />Provides for more <br />transportation choices <br />Yes <br />8. <br />Promotes energy <br />conservation <br />Yes <br />9. <br />Has minimal impact <br />on the natural environment <br />Yes <br />10. Encourages economic <br />development consistent with adopted land use plans <br />No <br />11. Adverse impacts <br />do not disproportionately affect low income populations <br />Yes <br />Li. a-- <br />Wo <br />�7 t <br />