North Carolina Department of Transportation Statewide Planning Branch Small Urban Unit Thoroughfare Plan Technical Report for N.C. DOCUMENTS eiEARINGHOUSE ViUN 2 2 1999 STATE LIBRA'^Y OF NORTH CAROM RALEIGH March 1999 Town of Pink Hill Thoroughfare Plan Prepared by the: Statewide Planning Branch Division of Highways North Carolina Department of Transportation In cooperation with: The Town of Pink Hill The Federal Highway Administration U.S. Department of Transportation March, 1999 v*\C\*^ '/U**^ ''"'...M.T.'"*' Wesley O. Stafford, P.E. Small Urban Planning Unit Head Acknowledgments Persons responsible for this report: Project Engineer: A. R. Cook, E.I.T. Small Urban Planning Unit Head: W. O. Stafford, P.E. Manager Statewide Planning Branch: M. R. Poole, Ph.D., P.E. Engineering Technician: J. Uduagbomen Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from State Library of North Carolina http://www.archive.org/details/townofpinkhillth1999nort Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Thoroughfare Plan Development and Responsibility 1 Summary of Recommendations 1 Chapter 2 - Recommended Thoroughfare Plan Thoroughfare Plan Goals and Functional Classification 9 Major Thoroughfares 9 Minor Thoroughfares 10 Thoroughfare Plan Recommendations 10 Proposed Major Improvements and New Facilities 10 Widening Projects 11 Intersection Improvements 11 Bicycle Routes 12 Public Involvement 12 Chapter 3 - Implementation of the Thoroughfare Plan State-Municipal Adoption of the Thoroughfare Plan 13 Methods of Protecting Thoroughfare Plan Corridors 13 Subdivision Regulations 13 Zoning Ordinances 13 Development Reviews 14 Future Street Line Ordinances 14 Roadway Corridor Official Maps 14 Funding Sources 14 Capital Improvements Program 14 Transportation Improvement Program 15 County Construction Account 15 Small Urban Funds 15 Industrial Access Funds 15 The North Carolina Highway Trust Fund Law 16 Implementation Recommendations 16 Construction Priorities and Cost Estimates 17 Chapter 4 - Development of the Thoroughfare Plan Travel Forecast Model Development 19 Analysis of the Existing Roadway System 27 Capacity Analysis of the Existing System 27 Traffic Accidents 31 Current Deficiencies of the Roadway System 32 Analysis of Future Travel Demand on the Roadway System 35 Projections of Factors Affecting Future Travel Demand 35 Anticipated Future Deficiencies of the Roadway System 37 Consideration of Environmental Factors 45 Wetlands 45 Threatened or Endangered Species 45 Historic Sites 46 Archaeology 46 List of Tables Table 1 Probability Estimation Guide 18 Table 2 Benefits Evaluation for Major Projects 18 Table 3 Pink Hill Highest Accident Intersections 31 Table 4 Project Status for Identified Highest Accident Intersections 32 Table 5 Population Trends and Projections 35 Table 6 Pink Hill Planning Area Population Projection 35 Table 7 Employment Data and Projections for the Pink Hill Planning Area 36 List of Figures Figure 1 Geographic Location 3 Figure 2 Pink Hill Thoroughfare Plan 5 Figure 3 Recommended Improvements 7 Figure 4 Planning Area Zone Map 21 Figure 5 Travel Forecast Model Network 23 Figure 6 Traffic Count Locations 25 Figure 7 Representation of Classified Levels of Service 29 Figure 8 1998 Average Daily Traffic with Existing Roadway Capacities 33 Figure 9 Housing Data by Zones 39 Figure 10 Employment Data by Zones 41 Figure 11 2025 Average Daily Traffic with Existing Roadway Capacities 43 Figure 12 Pink Hill Environmental Data 47 ill