North Carolina Department of Transportation Statewide Planning Branch PlAti TH0R0U6HF/>RE REPORT FOR JOHNSTON COUNTY no. DOCUMENTS GLFAr;;NGHOUSE t ^ 2001 fiYOFNORTtJGAflOLlK4 March 2001 Digitized by tine Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from State Library of North Carolina http://www.archive.org/details/johnstoncountyth2001nort Johnston County Thoroughfare Plan Prepared by the: Statewide Planning Branch Division of Highways North Carolina Department of Transportation In cooperation with: Johnston County The Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation March 2001 Acknowledgments Persons responsible for this report: Project Engineer: Rhett Fussell, E.I.T. Urban Planning Unit C-Unit Head: Deborah Hutchings, P.E. Group Manager: Michael Bruff, P.E. Manager Statewide Planning Branch: A. B. Norwood, P.E. Engineering Technician: Jim Neely Jocelyn Jones Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Overview 1 Brief History Lesson on Johnston County 2 Highlights of the Plan 3 Chapter 2 - Current and Future Transportation Problems Network Deficiencies 5 Level of Service 7 Traffic Accidents 15 Consideration of Environmental Factors Wetlands 17 Threatened and Endangered Species 17 Historic Sites 18 Archaeology 18 Chapter 3 - Recommended Thoroughfare Plan Thoroughfare Plan Recommendations 27 High Priority Projects 27 Secondary Priority Projects 34 Multi-Modal System 36 Chapter 4 - Implementation of the Plan State & County Adoption of the Plan 37 Subdivision Controls 37 Land Use Controls 37 Development Reviews 37 Funding Sources County Construction Account 38 Transportation Improvement Program 38 Industrial Access Funds 38 Small Urban Funds 39 The North Carolina Highway Trust Fund Law 39 Implementation Recommendations 39 Construction Priorities and Cost Estimates 40 Chapter 5 - How the Plan was Developed Developing the Model 41 Base Year Data (1995) 41 Future Year Data (2020) 42 Public Involvement 43 List of Tables Table 1 Intersection Ranking by Total Number of Crashes 16 Table 2 Intersection Ranking by Crasti Severity 16 Table 3 Funding Sources and Recommended Metiiods of Implementation 39 Table 4 1995 Johnston County Housing Classification 42 111 List of Figures Figure 1 Geographic Location for Johnston County 2 Figure 2 Level of Service 9 Figure 3 1995 Capacity Deficiencies 11 Figure 4 2020 Capacity Deficiencies 13 Figure 5 Environmental Factors 19 Figure 6 Recommended Thoroughfare Plan 23 Figure 7 Recommended Improvements 25 Figure 8 Goals and Objectives Survey 45