DRAFT Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update: 06/06/2018 version

EXISTING CONDITIONS

TRANSPORTATION The transportation network within and around Morrisville is primarily oriented to serve automobile travel. Several major roadways, detailed in Table 2-3 , serve the Town including I-40, I-540, and the Triangle Expressway (NC 147 and NC 540) to the north; Davis Drive to the west and NC 54 to the east, which bisects the Town from north to south; and several east-west corridors including McCrimmon Parkway, Airport Boulevard, Morrisville-Carpenter Road, Aviation Parkway, Morrisville Parkway, and NW Cary Parkway. The rapid development of residential subdivisions without investment in major roadway projects has yielded a disconnected street network and stress on the Town’s major corridors. Roadways within the Town are owned and maintained by either NCDOT, the Town of Morrisville, or private entities such as neighborhood associations. NCDOT maintains the following roads within the Town of Morrisville:

· Louis Stephens Road · McCrimmon Parkway · Morrisville-Carpenter Road · Morrisville Parkway · NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road) · NC 540 · Slater Road · Sorrell Grove Church Road · Watkins Road (partial) · Wilson Road

· Airport Boulevard · Aviation Parkway

· Cary Parkway · Church Street · Davis Drive · Evans Road

· Holly Creek Road · Jerusalem Drive · Kit Creek Road · Lichtin Boulevard (partial)

While the Town’s walking and bicycling network has seen significant growth and many opportunities for increased access to transit exist, Morrisville’s growth patterns and commuting trends continue to present significant challenges for the Town of Morrisville to overcome when considering how best to maintain and improve its transportation network. Table 2-3: Major Roadways Roadway AADTs (2015) NCDOT Functional Classification 1 Typical Cross-Section Multimodal Features Davis Drive 21,000 to 31,000 Minor Arterial 4-lane median-divided Multi-use paths and sidewalks NC 147 2 13,000 Freeway 6-lane freeway n/a Town Hall Drive 4,400 to 4,600 Local 4-lane median-divided Sidewalks Church Street 9,300 Local 2-lane Sidewalks NC 54 (Chapel Hill Road) 16,000 to 22,000 Principal Arterial 2-lane Few sidewalks I-40 151,000 Interstate 9-lane freeway n/a NW Cary Parkway 20,000 to 25,000 Minor Arterial 4-lane median divided Sidewalks and wide outside lanes Morrisville Parkway 15,000 to 16,000 Major Collector 4-lane median-divided Sidewalks and multi-use paths Morrisville-Carpenter Road 10,000 to 16,000 Minor Arterial 2-lane sidewalks Aviation Parkway 15,000 to 31,000 Minor Arterial 2-lane Few sidewalks and multi-use paths Airport Boulevard 11,000 to 33,000 Minor Arterial 5-lane including center turn lane Sidewalks Perimeter Park Drive 4,900 Local 4-lane median-divided Sidewalks McCrimmon Parkway 8,400 to 17,000 Local 4-lane median divided Sidewalks and multi-use paths NC 540 27,000 to 40,000 Freeway 6-lane freeway n/a 1 NCDOT categorizes streets and highways into functional classes based on the character of service they are intended to provide in serving the flow of traffic through the roadway network. 2 NC 147 lies mostly outside of the Town of Morrisville’s jurisdiction Motor Vehicle Volumes NCDOT collects traffic volume data on state-maintained roadways every other year and develops estimates called average annual daily traffic volumes (AADTs) which represent two-way traffic volumes on an average weekday. The most recent segment level AADTs for the state-maintained roadways in Morrisville are from 2015 and are shown in Table 2-3 and Figure 2-16 . NCDOT traffic volume data is not available for the roadway segments without color, and traffic volume data at the segment level is not yet been made available.

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