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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2011-054 Resolution Endorsing Priority Transportation Projects for TARPO Priority List for 2014-2020 Transportation Improvement Program~. 2~r1-orY f -t 7 ~ ~-o l Sc ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION ENDORSING ORANGE COUNTY'S PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION (TARPO) REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST FOR THE 2014 - 2020 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation, every two years, prepares a Transportation Improvement Program that identifies transportation projects scheduled for State and Federal funding over the next seven years; and WHEREAS, the North Carolina Board of Transportation solicits input for identifying transportation projects of local and regional importance to be included in the FY 2014-2020 Transportation Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, North Carolina has established Rural Planning Organizations (RPO) to coordinate regional transportation planning in rural areas in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation; and WHEREAS, Orange County is a member of the Triangle Area Rural Planning Organization charged with developing and prioritizing proposed transportation projects that the RPO believes should be included in the State Transportation Improvement Program; and WHEREAS, Orange County gives priority to identified safety needs on existing roads and bridges, to other transportation projects that encourage alternatives to automobile travel, to projects that minimize adverse impacts on the natural environment and cultural sites, and to those projects that foster economic development in the designated Economic Development Districts; and WHEREAS, Orange County strongly encourages the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to design all highway projects, where appropriate, to accommodate bicycle and pedestrian traffic to provide alternative means of transportation that may result in reduced automobile traffic and related air and water impacts; and WHEREAS, Orange County encourages the NCDOT to design all new or replacement bridges with sufficient clearance to allow wildlife to cross safely under them, and to allow pedestrian passage along any existing or planned trail-system connectors; and WHEREAS, Orange County has outlined transportation needs in an attachment to this resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners the Board endorses the following prioritized list of transportation projects to be considered for inclusion in the FY 2014-2020 Transportation Improvement Program. 1. Dairyland Road/Orange Grove Road/Buckhorn Road bicvcle facilities: construct 4-ft. paved shoulders along the following route from Carrboro to West Ten Road to provide a connection with proposed routes to Mebane and Elfand. • TIP Project EB-5108: Dairyland Road (SR 1112 - SR 1113 - SR 1177) from Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road (SR 1006); • Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) from Dairyland Road (SR 1177) to Buckhorn Road (SR 1114); and • Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) to West Ten Road (SR 1144). This project is submitted as a new Highway Modernization project. 2. SR 1005 (Old Greensboro Road) bicycle facility Add 4-ft. paved shoulders on Old Greensboro Road from Carrboro's ETJ to the Orange/Alamance County line. This project is submitted as a new Highway Modernization project. 3. C~ranpe Grove Road bicvcle facilities Construct 4-ft paved shoulders along Orange Grove Road fSR 1006) from. Interstate 40 to Dodson's Crossroad's fSR 1102). This project is submitted as a new Highway Modernization project. 4. Dodson's Crossroad bicvcle facilities Construct 4-ft paved shoulders alone Dodson's Crossroads SR 11.02 from Oran a Grove Road SR 1006 to Dai Land Road SR 11771.. Theis route would provide bicycle facilities from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area to connect to a proposed bicycle facility on Orange Grove Road into Hillsborough, This project is submitted as a Bicycle project. Upon motion of Commissioner ,seconded by Commission the foregoing resolutio was adopted this the 17th day of May, 2011. I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on May 17, 2011, as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in a minutes of said Board. WITNESS my hand and the o ounty, this ~ day of , 2011. a'`~ ~~ ®i ~ 52 1'i ~ ~ ~° Clerk o the Board of Commissioners ~~ ~~ ~borrb tdJa , ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY LIST 2014- 2020 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE REGIONAL PRIORITY LIST OF THE TRIANGLE AREA RURAL PLANNING ORGANIZATION 1. Dairyland Road/Orange Grove Road/Buckhorn Road bicvcle facilities; construct: 4-fit.. paved shoulders along the following route from Garrboro to West Ten Road to provide a connection with proposed routes to Mebane and Elfand. • T'lP Project EB-5108; C?airvland Road fSR 1112 - SR 1113 SR 1177) from Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road fSR 1008); • Orange Grove Road fSR 1006) from Dairyland Road fSR 1177) to Buckhorn Road SR 1114 ,and • Buckhorn Road fSR 1114) to West Ten Road fSR 1144). This route would extend bicycle facilities proposed in concert with highway improvements on Buckhorn Road Road (SR 1114) to provide a connection through western Orange County from Garrboro to the Buckhorn Road/Interstate 85 Economic Development District and US 70 near Mebane. This route is listed in Orange County's Bicycle Transportation Plan as a secondary priority bicycle route connecting southern Orange County with the western portion of its number 2 primary priority bicycle route on West Ten Road (SR 1148). Project EB-5108 schedules a portion of this route, Dairyland Road from Union Grove Church Road to Orange Grove Road, for a feasibility study. Orange County recommends that the feasibility study also include the segment of Dairyland Road from Union Grove Church Road (SR 1111) to Old NC 86 to connect to proposed bicycle facilities on Old NC 86 along Carrboro's ETJ. 2. SR 1005 fold Greensboro Road) bicycle facility Add 4-ft paved shoulders on Old Greensboro Road from Carrboro's ETJ to the Orange/Alamance County line This route is the number 3 primary priority of the Orange County Bicycle Transportation Plan, and would enhance bicycle transportation between southwestern Orange County and Garrboro/Chapel Hill. This project is a segment of the Mountains to Sea Bicycle Route. 3. Orange Grove Road bicvcle facilities Construct 4-ft paved shoulders along Orange Grove Road fSR 1006) from Interstate 40 to Dodson's Crossroads fSR 1102). This route would provide bicycle facilities to the Grady Brown Elementary School and Cedar Ridge High School from the area south of the schools and connect to a proposed bicycle facility on Orange Grove Road into Hillsborough. 4. Dodson's Crossroad bicycle facilities Construct 4-ft paved shoulders along Dodson's Crossroads SR 1102 from Oran a Grove Road SR 1006 to Dai land Road SR 1177 This route would provide bicycle facilities from the Chapel Hill-Garrboro area to connect to a proposed bicycle facility on Orange Grove Road into Hillsborough.