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Consideration of NCDOT Ordinance and subsequent Carrboro Town Code Amendment to Change the Speed Limit of Homestead Road to 35 MPH
PURPOSE: NCDOT has requested Town approval of an ordinance to repeal the 45 mile per hour speed limit for a short section of Homestead Road, near Stratford Drive. This would be the first step in the process to codify a 35 mile per hour speed limit for the entire Homestead Road corridor. Changing the speed limit for a state-maintained road involves the approval of an NCDOT ordinance. A resolution concurring with NCDOT's ordinance to repeal the 45 MPH segment has been provided (Attachment A). An amendment to repeal the 45 MPH segment in the Town Code has also been provided (Attachment B).
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Department
DEPARTMENT: Planning, Zoning, and Inspections
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Council Direction
COUNCIL DIRECTION:
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Council Direction Statement
Proposals to improve bike-ped safety along Homestead Road have been identified in the updated Comprehensive Bicycle Plan and the Transportation and Mobility Chapter of the 2022-2042 Comprehensive Plan, Carrboro Connects. This agenda item seeks Town Council approval to advance an administrative process to change the speed limit. Racial Equity and Climate Action pocket questions evaluating the proposed change have been provided.
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Information
INFORMATION: The Town works closely with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to incorporate local initiatives into regularly scheduled maintenance projects such as resurfacing. The NCDOT is scheduled to resurface Homestead Road (SR 1717) from NC 86 (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard) in Chapel Hill to Old NC 86 (SR 1009) at Calvander in Carrboro. Work is anticipated to begin as soon as June 2026.
After a series of conversations with NCDOT and the Town of Chapel Hill over the past couple of years, NCDOT has agreed to modify the speed limit for Homestead Road to 35 MPH f...
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