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Eastern Rockingham Corridor Study
Richmond County
STIP Project U-5706
MERGER MEETING
Concurrence Point 1— Purpose and Need
May 10, 2017
PROPOSED ACTION
The Eastern Rockingham Corridor Study is included in NCDOT's 2016-2025 State
TranspoRation Improvement Program (STIP) as U-5706. The project would connect U5 74
Business in the southeast part of Rockingham to US 1 and Aberdeen Road (SR 1426) in the
city's northeastern area. The total length of the project is about 3.5 miles.
PROJECT PURPOSE
The purpose of the proposed project is to provide direct connectivity between commercial areas
along US 74 Business and residential areas northeast of central Rockingham and reduce
conflicts between through traffic and local traffic on Long Drive.
PROJECT NEED
The needs to be addressed by the proposed project include:
• Lack of direct connectivity between commercial areas along US 74 Business and
residential areas northeast of central Rockingham, which limits north-south mobility
between these areas. Currently, the trip between these two areas requires out-of-the-
way travel along Long Drive, where high traffic volumes and the presence of
employment and activity centers lead to stop-and-go travel conditions at peak times.
• Traffic congestion on Long Drive and conflicts between local and through traffic on Long
Drive. Both of these issues are evidenced by the notably high crash rates on Long Drive
and the types of crashes that typically occur on this roadway.
Existing Conditions and Traffic Patterns
As shown in Exhibit 1, the project study area extends from the eastern edge of central
Rockingham into the suburban area to the east. Exhibit 2 shows the environmental features in
the vicinity of the project. Residential development characterizes much of the area north of US
1, while commercial development characterizes much of the US 74 Business corridor in
southwestern Rockingham. The US 74 Business corridor is the major commercial center for
Richmond County. The City of Rockingham and Richmond County are both characterized by
minimal population growth, with total populations virtually unchanged over the last thirty years.
However, one of the only parts of Richmond County to have experienced population growth in
recent years is the area north and east of the project study area. Census data from the
American Community Survey's 1-Year Estimates show the population of the Census Tract north
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of US 1 and east of Ledbetter Road has grown by over 36 percent since 2009, making this-area. �
the fastest growing parf of Richmond County. Currently, travel between growing.residential .
areas northeast of Rockingham and the commercial centers along US 7.4. Business corcidor .
typically follows an indirect path along US 1. or the Richmond Road Extensio.n, to. Long Drive, to =
US 74 Business. There are a number of north-south 2-lane road segrnerits between the �
Richmond Road Extension and US 74 Business, but these segments do'not cohnect.to proyide
a more direct path befinreen:these areas. �. � : �-
Long Drive, a#hree-lane roadway with a continuous two-way center turn lane classified bjr .� -
NCDOT as a major collector, is currently the primary travel route between the residential areas..
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northeast of_central Rockingham and the retail and other commercial centers along US 74
Business. _The segment.of Long:.Drive between US 1 and US .74 Business is also:a destinafion ..
itself; with two of the region's major employers located there. The first.is a Perdue Farms planf,
which is the largest employer in this otherwise economically struggling region. According to.
local officials, _the planf has a.$260 million impact on the area and generates. over $1 million. in �.
tax revenue. The second is Richmond Memorial Hospital, the area's major healthcare center.
As described below, there is substantial existing traffic congestion on Long Drive as this corridor
- serves both local traffic and traffic using Long Drive to travel between residential areas
northeast of.Rockingham and the commercial areas in southeastern Rockingham.
Tra.ffic Volumes and Congestion .
A traffic capacity analysis was performed for the years 2016 and 2040.using the current road
nefinrork�and lane configurations to determine level_ of service. Level of service (LOS) is a_
perFormance measure describing operational conditions of a traffic stream along a roadway or at
an intersection. Levels of service are defined from LOS A to LOS F, with LOS:A representing
little-to-no delay and L:OS F representirig heavy congestion and large delays. Generally, LOS A ,
through LOS D is considered acceptable, while LOS E and LOS F are .unacceptable.:
The traffic study included analysis of eight signalized intersections and four unsignalized
intersections in the study area. Results of the analysis using 2016 traffic volumes indicates
unacceptable levels of service at the following signalized intersections:
■ Intersection of Long Drive at East Washington Street operates at a LOS F
■ Intersection of Cong Drive at County Home Road operates at a LOS E(capacity)
� Intersection of Long Drive at Rockingham Road operates at a LOS E(AM only) ..
■ Intersection of US 74 Business at Rockingham Road (and entrance to Lowe's) operates: at a
LOS f .
Results of the analysis using forecasted 2040 No-Build traffic volumes.indicates that, in addition
to. the above conditions: �
■ Intersection operation of Long Drive at County Home Road will worsen to LOS F.
■ Intersection of Long Drive at Rockingham Road operates at unacceptable LOS E(AM and
PM) . . .
Safety : � �
NCDOT analyzed data on the accidents that have occurred along Long Drive befinreen US 74
Business and US 1, from Apri12011 to March 2016. During this time period there were 176
accidents �ecorded along this segment of Long Drive. This equates taan overall crash rate of
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about 649 per 100 million vehicle miles (MVM) traveled. This is more than twice as high as
North Carolina's statewide rate for similar facilities (319 per 100 MVM). The crash rate on Long
Drive is also almost hvice as high as the critical crash rate for similar roadways (378 per 100
MVM).
The most common types of accidents along Long Drive are angle collisions and rear end
collisions, each of which account for a little over one third of the total number of crashes.
Another 15 percent of the accidents were left turn collisions. These types of crashes typically
occur along congested roadways.
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