DRAFT Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update: July 23, 2018 version

GUIDING PRINCIPLES ADDRESSED

CORRIDOR

EXTENTS

IMPROVEMENT

Mid-Term Recommendations Airport Boulevard

Slater Road to Factory Shops Road

Access Management

Airport Boulevard Extension

NC 54 to Current Terminus New Location

Poplar Pike Lane to McCrimmon Parkway Weston Parkway to Perimeter Park Drive

Louis Stephens Drive

Widening

NC 54

Widening

NC 540 to Northern Town Limits

NC 54

Widening

Intersection Improvements Intersection Improvements

NC 54 & Morrisville Parkway

NC 54 & NW Cary Parkway

Aviation Parkway to Weston Parkway

Evans Road

Widening

Access Management

Airport Boulevard

Slater Road to NC 54

Long-Term Recommendations Crabtree Crossing Parkway Extension 1

Morrisville-Carpenter Road to Stardale Road Southport Drive to Current Terminus Current Terminus to Morrisville East Connector (proposed) Willingham Road to Little Drive Airport Boulevard to McCrimmon Parkway Current Terminus to McCrimmon Parkway Current Terminus to McCrimmon Parkway Stockton Gorge Road to Town Hall Drive Extension (proposed) Current Terminus to Watkins Road

New Location

International Drive

Widening

International Drive Extension

New Location

Marcom Drive Extension

New Location

Millicent Way Extension 1

New Location

Morrisville-East Connector

New Location

Morrisville-Carpenter Road & NC 54

Grade Separation

Odyssey Drive Extension

New Location

Southport Drive Extension

New Location

Stockton Gorge Road Extension 1

New Location

Alternative Travel Modes Identifying facility needs and improvement types is only one part of the recommendations development process. Given the existing and anticipated funding sources available for bicycle, pedestrian, and transit projects in the region, there is a possibility that all the projects recommended here may not be built within the next 30 years. As a result, it is important when addressing implementation to consider projects from alternative travel modes in a different way than roadway projects. Alternative travel mode projects can be divided into two types: independent and incidental. Independent projects are those that are independent of scheduled roadway projects, while incidental projects are multimodal accommodations that are constructed as a part of a roadway project. Both types of projects should be pursued and implemented to arrive at a well-connected and user-friendly network in Morrisville. The Town has done a good job of coordinating with NCDOT to advance these projects with roadway improvements in recent years. The majority of the recommended multimodal recommendations discussed in Chapter 4 are on roadways that have improvements recommended in the plan. As a result, most 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.

1 Refer to Chapter 3, Table 3-6 for evaluation criteria for action prior to project funding. 5-10 | P A G E D R A F T | 0 7 / 2 3 / 2 0 1 8