HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_1195Request for Approval of the Transportation improvement Program (TIP) Priorities:
Planning Supervisor Smith briefed the board on the transportation priorities that were presented to
the North Carolina Department of Transportation at the last two hearings. The priorities were as
follows:
1. Interstate 40/US 21 Interchange & Widening
2. Brawley School Road (SR 1100) Interchange & Widening
3. US 70 - Widening from Fanjoy Road (SR 2318) to Salisbury
4. I-77/Cornelius Road Interchange and Connector to Mazeppa Road (SR 2395)
5. US 21 /NC 115 Widening from Troutman to Barium Springs
Other: Feasibility Study for River Highway (NC 150)
Smith said he had been told the US 70 widening should be deleted from the list due to the
improvements already occurring, and he was recommending that NC 150 (River Highway) be added
as the #3 priority. He said that in reference to the #1 priority (I-40/US 21), the improvements
should extend northward to Jane Sowers Road. Smith mentioned that due to the establishment of
the Rural Planning Organization (RPO), that both regional and local improvement requests would be
presented to the State.
in addition, Mr. Smith said the two chambers of commerce had created a subcommittee to
review transportation needs, and this group identified the following priorities.
Greater Statesville and Mooresville -South Iredell Chamber ojCommerce's Transportation Priorities
Subcommittee Recommendations
1. 1-77 /I-40/US 11 improvements (broader inclusion)
2. Brawley School Road widening
3. River Highway (NC 150) widening
4. 1-77 widening
5. Garner Bagnal Boulevard widening
6. 1-77 Cornelius Road interchange and connector
7. US 11/NC 115 widening between Troutman & Barium Springs
Chairman Johnson then recapped the following TIP priorities that had been recommended by
Smith.
1. 140/US 21 Interchange and Widening to Encompass the I-77/140 intersection and
proceed north to the Jane Sowers Road
2. Brawley School Road (SR 1100) Interchange & Widening
3. River Highway (NC 150)
4. 1-77/Cornelius Road Interchange and Connector to Mazeppa Road (SR 2395)
5. US 21/14C 115 Widening from Troutman to Barium Springs
OTIO by Commissioner Williams to approve the five Transportation Improvement
Program priorities as recommended by Mr. Smith.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.
Note: Chairman Johnson requested that at the hearings, Mr. Smith mention the Garner
Bagnal widening. Johnson said this might convey to the State officials that other improvements
were needed in the county. Also, at the briefing session, Johnson said that if membership in the
RPO allowed for more improvement requests, he felt the area where the new Lowes complex
was being constructed in Mooresville should be given some attention. (He mentioned both sides
of Langtree Road.)
OTIO by Chairman Johnson to approve the following I 1 consent agenda items.
VOTING: Ayes — 5; Nays — 0.