DRAFT Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update: February 23, 2018 version

GUIDING PRINCIPLES ADDRESSED

CORRIDOR

EXTENTS

IMPROVEMENT

Slater Road to McCrimmon Parkway

Access Management

Airport Boulevard Access Management

Long-Term Recommendations

Morrisville-Carpenter Road to Stardale Road

Crabtree Crossing Parkway Extension 1

New Location

Crabtree Crossing Parkway & Morrisville Parkway

Intersection Improvements

Southport Drive to Current Terminus

International Drive

Widening

Airport Boulevard Extension

NC 54 to Current Terminus

New Location

Intersection Improvements

Slater Road & Carrington Mill Boulevard

Current Terminus to Morrisville East Connector (proposed)

International Drive Extension

New Location

Current Terminus to Watkins Road

Marcom Drive Extension

New Location

Willingham Road to Little Drive Airport Boulevard to McCrimmon Parkway Current Terminus to McCrimmon Parkway Current Terminus to McCrimmon Parkway Stockton Gorge Road to NC 147 Extension (proposed)

Millicent Way Extension 1

New Location

Morrisville East Connector

New Location

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.

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