Town Council Retreat

February 19, 2014

Meeting Agenda

1. Progress to-date

2. Infrastructure recommendations

3. Education, outreach, policy recommendations

4. Costs and implementation phasing

5. Next steps

6. Questions and discussion

Progress to-date

• Existing conditions mapping

• Data collection, documentation, and analysis

• Steering Committee meetings

• Public meetings

• Draft recommendations

• Revised recommendations

• Cost and implementation

• Draft Report

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Sidewalks and walkways

– Pedestrian facilities that are separated from the roadway

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Bike lanes

– A lane in the roadway designated for bicycle use through the use of striping, signing, and pavement markings

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Shared use paths

– A facility separated from motorized vehicular traffic by a landscaped space or barrier

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Crosswalks

– Systematic crossing network

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Pedestrian signals, signs, and markings

– Conspicuity and expectations

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Pedestrian lighting

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Complete Streets

– Accommodate all users

Potential Types of Recommendations

• Education and outreach

• Enforcement

• Programmatic and regulatory

Recently Completed Improvements

• Crosswalk relocations/additions

• Pedestrian crossing signs

• Duck Trail user signs

• Pavement markings

• Drainage improvements

• Access management

• Educational outreach

Infrastructure Recommendations

Infrastructure Recommendations

NC12 South of Aqua Restaurant

Village Gateway

Signage improvements

Shared Use Path

Intersection Improvements

Paved Shoulder

Infrastructure Recommendations NC12 from Aqua Restaurant to Cook Drive Crosswalks Refuge Islands Sidewalk and Bike Lane

Intersection Improvements Drainage Improvements

Infrastructure Recommendations Pedestrian Refuge Islands Four proposed plus two gateways High pedestrian crossing locations Limit effects on driveway access Left turns onto NC12 Additional traffic analysis as part of implementation

Aqua Restaurant – Existing Conditions Looking South

Aqua Restaurant – Proposed Conditions Looking South

Christopher Lane – Existing Conditions Looking North

Christopher Lane – Proposed Conditions Looking North

Infrastructure Recommendations

NC12 from Cook Drive to Sunset Grille Village Gateway

Crosswalk Refuge Island

Sidewalk and Bike Lane

Intersection Improvements

Sunset Grille – Existing Conditions Looking South

Sunset Grille – Proposed Conditions Looking South

Infrastructure Recommendations NC12 North of Sunset Grille

Intersection Improvements

Paved Shoulder

Drainage Improvements

Infrastructure Recommendations Town Boardwalk

Southern extension

Feasibility study to extend boardwalk to the north

Infrastructure Recommendations Beach Trail

Concept to make pedestrian connections between existing cul-de-sacs and residential streets

No alignment or conceptual layout

Pedestrian alternative to NC 12

Public safety

Draft Recommendations Program Recommendations

Encouragement

User maps

Walking tours

Wayfinding signs

Tip sheets

Lights and helmets

Education

Professional development

Town events

Enforcement

Speeding

Crosswalks

Good behavior

Evaluation

Counts

Report card

Draft Recommendations Policy Recommendations

Complete Streets

Local ordinance

NCDOT policy

Development Partners

Sidewalk construction

Access through parking lots

Neighborhood connections

Access Management

NCDOT policy

New and redevelopment

Construction Costs

Implementation and Phasing

Implementation and Phasing

Implementation and Phasing

Implementation and Phasing

Next Steps

• NCDOT review

• Final edits and comment response

• Final Plan

• Public hearing and Plan adoption

Questions and Discussion