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.