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1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 30, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: CORBIN DOWNS TRAFFIC/NCDOT REPORT <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Report Craig Benedict, Director Ext. 2592 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968 -4501 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />336 - 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To present the preliminary traffic report from NCDOT on Corbin Downs. <br />BACKGROUND: TRANSPORTATION The preliminary review by NCDOT was completed on <br />September 9, 1999 which was one day after our joint meeting. NCDOT analysis was based on the <br />original Hillsborough Place proposal which had more residential and less office. Even without the <br />inclusion of the additional traffic generated by the change to Corbin Downs and an increase in office and <br />retail development, NCDOT's comments were extensive and preliminary. An abridged version follows: <br />Old 86 - South Access <br />• Recommends a complete Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) to include I -40 /Old 86 interchange <br />• Suggest a multi -lane divided highway with a minimum of 1000 feet between median openings <br />• Recommends the alignment of the existing west side Old 86 service road with new project <br />• Recommends developer to do multilane from project access to I -40 <br />Old 86 — North Access at Lafayette Drive <br />• Concurs with locational alignments <br />• Recommends full intersection length including all right and left turn lanes <br />Other <br />• Concern about internal project road connector between Old and New 86 being inadequate for NCDOT <br />standards based on only two lanes and closely spaced median breaks <br />• Recommend the I- 85/Old 86 interchange be included in the TIA <br />As of this letter date, the developer has forwarded a revised analysis for NCDOT review in Raleigh. <br />Orange County planning staff agrees with all prior NCDOT recommendations dated 9/9/99and where <br />