Transportation Projects
Quarterly Report
Morrisville Planning Department
April 25, 2017
Transportation Improvements
Most Common Ways the Town secures transportation improvements:
1. Development
2. Grant Funding
• Surface Transportation Program - Direct Allocation (STP-DA)
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Congestion Mitigation Air Quality (CMAQ)
3. State Project/Funding (NCDOT)
4. Bonds/Town Funding
• Most economical means of borrowing money for local governments
• A vote of the public is required
• Allows the Town to complete high impact
Status Report
Grants
Church Street Sidewalk – Cedar Fork
Elementary School to Treybrooke Drive
Funding: FY15 Wake County
CDBG Infrastructure Funds
• Project Under Construction
• Construction expected to finish by
June 2017
• Project includes installation of
sidewalk, curb-and-gutter and a
pedestrian crosswalk at Treybrooke
Drive across Church Street
Church Street Sidewalk – Town Center
Walking Loop
Funding: FY14 CAMPO LAPP
• Construction Bid Awarded to
Lanier Construction
• Construction Cost: $343,125
• Total Project Cost: $411,750
• Town Funds: $174,475
• Schedule
– Construction Start by May 30
– 120 Days (4 Months) for
Construction
Status Report
Town Projects
McCrimmon Parkway Extension
Funding: Town Roadway Bond, NCDOT
Rail Safety Funds, NCDOT STIP Funds
• Phase I Under Construction
– NC 54 to Airport Blvd.
– NC 54 Lane Closures start mid-April
• Phase II Plans 95% Complete
– ROW Acquisition Underway
– Construction Schedule:
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Est. Start Early 2018
Est. Completion 2019
Morrisville-Carpenter Road Widening
Funding: Town Funds & CAMPO LAPP Funds
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Engineering & Design Underway; Beginning ROW Acquisition
Local Agreement – Summer 2017
Construction Funds Available Oct. 2017
Construction Begins Early 2018; Construction Complete 2019
Status Report
State Projects
Morrisville Parkway Grade Separation
Funding: 2009 Federal
Stimulus (ARRA) Funds
• Project is complete – no further
updates
• Morrisville Parkway was
resurfaced between Crabtree
Crossing Parkway and NC 54 as
part of project
Status Report
Wake County Transit Plan
Wake County Transit Plan
2018 Work Plan Scheduled for Adoption June 2017
– Some expansion of transit – longer hours, shorter headways
Master Participation Agreement in approval process – expected to be
executed by many parties by July 1, 2017
Many Studies now getting underway – Public Engagement, Staffing
Plan, Community Funding Areas, Bus Service Implementation, Major
Investments (Rail and BRT)
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Special Topic
SPOT 5.0 and CAMPO MTP
NCDOT SPOT 5.0
• SPOT 5.0 (Statewide
Prioritization) Process getting
underway
• CAMPO has convened TCC
subcommittee to review
process, procedures and policy
for selecting projects for
submittal to SPOT 5.0
database
• Town staff reviewing potential
Morrisville projects for
inclusion in CAMPO submittal
• CAMPO has issued call for
Bicycle and Pedestrian
Projects from member
jurisdictions for SPOT 5.0
• Staff is reviewing prior
submitted projects and new
projects for submission
• Bike/Ped projects will require
20% Local Funding Match
• Staff will update Town Council
once projects are submitted
CAMPO MTP (Metropolitan Transportation
Plan)
• MTP consists of 2 Parts:
– 25-Year Fiscally-Constrained Transportation Plan
– 40-Year Comprehensive Transportation Plan (not fiscally-constrained)
• MTP uses socio-economic and land use data to determine regional
transportation needs
• Fiscally-constrained plan is based on expected revenues over 25
years; Comprehensive plan is based on needed improvements over
40 years
• Draft MTP expected to be released in August/September
QUESTIONS & COMMENTS