A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DRAFT SOUTHWEST DURHAM-SOUTHEAST CHAPEL HILL COLLECTOR STREETS PLAN (2006-12-04/R-13)

 

WHEREAS, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization has prepared a draft Southwest Durham-Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Streets Plan; and

 

WHEREAS, the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee has referred the draft Plan to Chapel Hill for comments; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has received comments and recommendations from Town Advisory Boards and the public on the draft  Southwest Durham-Southeast Chapel Hill Collector Streets Plan;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that the Council refers the following recommendations to the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee.

• The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Transportation Advisory Committee should direct Metropolitan Planning Organization staff to initiate a process to secure a combination of public and private funds to upgrade George King Road as a collector road which connects Ephesus Church Road to NC 54 east of the Chapel Hill limits.
• The draft Collector Streets Plan should be revised to show George King Road connecting Ephesus Church Road to NC 54 east of the Chapel Hill limits, and to extend Meadowmont Lane, Lancaster, and KilKenny in a circuitous fashion, similar to the attached sketch, so that the alignments do not encourage through traffic onto any existing Chapel Hill street (see attachment).
• Allocation of these funds should be initiated as soon as possible.
• Designate Meadowmont Lane as a collector road in the next update of the Regional Long Range Transportation Plan.
• Staff from Chapel Hill, the City of Durham and Durham County should coordinate the implementation of the collector streets network, through the existing courtesy review agreement,  to ensure that the design of the network provides multiple connections, discourages through traffic and includes adequate traffic calming features.
• The Metropolitan Planning Organization should provide funding from the Surface Transportation Program Direct Allocation program to implement traffic calming, including bicycle and pedestrian improvements along existing streets that are part of the proposed collector street network.
• The Metropolitan Planning Organization should revise the Memorandum of Understanding to correct any inconsistencies between State statutes and the provisions of the Memorandum.
• The draft Collector Streets Plan should be revised to realign the proposed collector street crossing of I-40, south of US 15-501, to conform to the proposed fixed guideway crossing.

 

This the 4th day of December, 2006.