Draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan Update_September 25, 2017

DRAFT

STRATEGIC CORRIDORS The Town of Morrisville has been growing steadily in recent years, and continued growth is anticipated. The impact of future growth will affect services and reshape geographies. However, the Town’s most vulnerable asset very well may be one of the driving factors behind the growth – major transportation corridors. In the future, these roadways will serve as the backdrop for strategies associated with transportation, land use, urban design, and economic development. Profiles for five of the Town’s strategic corridors were designed to provide more detail for these important assets, including a deeper understanding of existing conditions and an assessment of growth and development along and adjacent to the corridors. This information helped shape potential solutions to ease congestion, increase safety, and reflect the vision and goals for a balanced transportation system. The five corridors shown on the next pages represent conditions found throughout the Town including typical roadway cross-sections, heavy traffic congestion, commercial development adjacent to the roadway, and potential for significant growth. As a result, the solutions illustrated in this section can be applied to other peer corridors that were not evaluated. By taking the proper steps now, these strategic corridors can support new growth, accommodate increases in traffic, and contribute to the success of the overall transportation system. For three of the strategic corridors, the linkage between land use and transportation was explored further in a scenario planning exercise. Town staff worked with the Town Council and Planning and Zoning Board to identify Town Hall Drive, McCrimmon Parkway, and NC 54 for inclusion in this exercise. Potential changes in growth patterns, densities, or intensities along each corridor were compared with the performance of a trend scenario to better understand how recommended transportation solutions would respond to these changes. Observations from this process are included in the strategic corridor writeups that follow. The scenario planning process is described in detail in the Appendix. Strategic corridor summaries have been prepared for McCrimmon Parkway, NC 54, Town Hall Drive, Airport Boulevard, and Morrisville Carpenter Road. Figure 3-9 shows the extents of these strategic corridor sections. These strategic corridor summaries include the following details: · Corridor Length and Federal Functional Classification · Existing (2010) and Projected (2040) Future Traffic Volumes (vehicles per day) and Congestion (volume to capacity ratio) – taken from Triangle Regional Model · Crash Summary – obtained from NCDOT crash statistics from June 2013 to May 2016 · Priority Served – top three priorities served by the corridor, ranked by members of the public at Public Workshop #2 and by the Planning and Zoning Board

· Existing Conditions – key observations, opportunities, and challenges currently facing the corridor · Recommendations – recommendations for the corridor, land use scenario planning observations, and supporting graphics

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