Project Prioritization Chapters 3, 4, and 5 detail a list of recommendations for roadways, bicycles, pedestrians, transit, and freight. These recommendations attempt to address existing or anticipated future needs in the study area. As a result, some needs are more urgent, while others will assume greater importance as travel patterns change and the area continues to grow. For the roadway recommendations, there was a desire to understand the areas of greatest importance for allocating resources within the first 10 to 20 years of the planning horizon. For the purposes of this plan, near-term projects are defined as the first 10 years, mid-term projects are defined as 10 to 20 years, and long-term projects are defined as 20 to 60 years. The assessment of roadway projects includes both quantitative and qualitative metrics. The metrics used were defined in coordination with Town staff, CAMPO, NCDOT, and the project steering committee. In addition to each metric, Town staff and the steering committee considered the importance of each metric to the prioritization process and how much weight each should carry. Quantitative Metrics · Crash history – areas that have existing safety concerns (such as frequent or severe crashes) · Existing volume-to-capacity ratio – existing congestion levels on each facility, obtained from the Triangle Regional Model for its base year of 2010 · Future volume-to-capacity reduction – the improvement of congestion levels between 2010 and 2040 (the Triangle Regional Model’s planning horizon year) Qualitative Measures · Schools and activity centers – projects that serve areas with schools and activity centers such as parks, libraries, regional commercial centers, mixed- use neighborhoods, commercial villages, and employment villages · Growth centers – projects that serve a projected growth center as identified in the 2035 Community Vision Land Use Plan · Supports bus routes – projects that align with existing and proposed bus routes · Outreach – projects that that received significant feedback based on steering committee and public workshop responses The outcomes of this prioritization process are reflected in the Action Plan in the next section. It is important to note that the prioritized projects shown here are not financially constrained – this list is independent of potential revenues and should be used as a guide to help advocate for future funding. The prioritization process is intended to serve as a tool that allows for flexibility in the order in which projects are implemented. This flexibility allows funding partners such as the Town, NCDOT, and CAMPO to be opportunistic and to take advantage of future revenue as it becomes available. To this end, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit projects are not independently prioritized. Where these projects align with roadway projects, the Town should seek to implement bicycle, pedestrian, and transit improvements concurrent with roadway enhancements. This approach is most cost-effective and minimizes construction impacts to the surrounding network.
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