Title
Marshville Bypass Traffic and Revenue Study Municipal Agreement
Action
Action:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Municipal Agreement with North Carolina Department of Transportation to support the traffic and revenue study for the Marshville Bypass in Union County for the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Alyson Craig, Planning, Design, and Development
Robert Cook, Planning, Design, and Development
Kendall Clanton, Planning, Design, and Development
Explanation
§ The Marshville Bypass is a proposed five-mile, four-lane expressway that will reroute US-74 to the south of the town of Marshville in Union County. It is classified as a Recommended Freeway on the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization’s (CRTPO) Comprehensive Transportation Plan.
§ The Union County Board of Commissioners and the Town of Marshville Town Council adopted resolutions requesting that CRTPO formally ask the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) to analyze the Marshville Bypass for its feasibility as a toll facility. The CRTPO Board agreed and formally requested that NCDOT/NCTA conduct the analysis.
§ The analysis was inconclusive, and all parties agreed that a traffic and revenue (T&R) study was necessary to provide conclusive results.
§ NCDOT/NCTA will conduct the T&R study which will result in a 40-year forecast of the traffic and toll revenue and impacts of the Marshville Bypass.
§ The CRTPO will be responsible for the cost of the study which is to not exceed $50,000. CRTPO grant funds will be used to fund the study. The CRTPO approved the allocation of the funds in September 2024.
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Grants Fund - CRTPO grant funds
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