Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Chapter 3: Detailed Design

Street “E”, where the cross section of Church Street is planned to change from a more suburban design to a small-town crossroads format. • The intersection of Town Hall Drive and the main street for the Civic/Cultural/

district, so additional parking facilities are not currently planned in this area. In the New Core Residential District, parking will be provided primarily on the street and individual lots. However, the Civic/Cultural/ Commercial District will need significant parking, which should be provided in a series of smaller lots to the extent possible, along Street E and Town Hall Drive, and perhaps in a parking structure if the land values and funding can support it (see Appendix 12 for analysis). Planned commercial areas such as along Chapel Hill Road north of Aviation Parkway and along Franklin-Upchurch Street should site parking to the side and behind buildings to help maintain a quality streetscape. A new parking lot is planned to be built immediately to the north of the Chamber of Commerce to serve this facility and provide some overflow capacity for the Town Center as a whole. In addition to parking, another important site design consideration is to provide adequate access for residential and commercial services such as deliveries and garbage and recycling pick-up.

Commercial District. A third possible location for a roundabout that was identified in the Town Center Design Workshop was the intersection of Town Hall Drive and Morrisville-Carpenter Road. A study conducted in August of 2006 by Parsons Brinckerhoff found that a roundabout in this location would not function properly, however, due to the high levels of traffic backed up on Morrisville-Carpenter Road from the intersection with Chapel Hill Road. However, converting Chapel Hill Road into a one-way pair might potentially allow this improvement to function as intended, but a follow-up study would be needed to assess this possibility. New development in the Town Center will require additional parking to accommodate the growing demand. In the Historic Crossroads Village, additional parking will be accommodated on individual lots to help maintain the current character of this Roundabouts such as the one pictured here are proposed for the intersection of Church Street and the new Street “E”, and for the intersection of Town Hall Drive and the new civic/cultural/commercial street. (Photo: Dan Burden, www.pedbikeimages.org) Parking and Service Access:

In a Main Street context like that proposed for the civic/cultural/commercial area, on-street parking helps to provide visitors with ready access to stores and buffer pedestrians on the sidewalk from adjacent traffic. (Photo: Ben Hitchings, Town of Morrisville)

Pedestrian and Bicycle Network: The Town Center Design calls for the creation

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