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UPDATE: The MPO voted unanimously on November 19, 2008 to amend
the Thoroughfare Plan as depicted at the September 16 public
meeting.
Purpose:
to discuss a proposed realignment of Prosperity Church Road.
Reason for Proposing the Realignment:
to construct a 90 degree intersection of Prosperity Church Road and
Eastfield Road. Projected traffic volumes indicate that dual
left-turn lanes will be needed from northbound Prosperity Church
Road on to westbound Eastfield Road. The current skewed alignment
of the intersection will not allow for the construction of the dual
left-turn lanes.
Prosperity Church Road currently ends at Eastfield Road, but the
locally adopted Thoroughfare Plan calls for the road to be extended
north to NC 73 in Huntersville. If approved, the proposed
realignment will result in the following:
a)
Existing
Prosperity Church Road (south of Eastfield Road) will be slightly
realigned to meet Eastfield Road with a standard 90 degree
intersection. See maps in the accompanying PowerPoint presentation
posted on this website.
b) The future alignment of the
proposed Prosperity Church
Road (north of Eastfield Road) will be realigned as shown in the
accompanying PowerPoint presentation posted on this website.
A public meeting was held on September 16th at
Independence Hills Baptist Church on Eastfield Road from 6-8 pm. The
project was discussed in depth along with its history and the
reasons why the realignment is needed. The project received a
positive response from those in attendance at the meeting.
Over the next few months, MUMPO Staff will guide the project through
the local approvals process to ultimately amend the Thoroughfare
Plan which makes the alignment change official. The tentative
approval meeting schedule is as follows:
Technical Coordinating Committee (TCC) –
November 6th
10:00
AM
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center-Room 280
Mecklenburg-Union Metropolitan Planning
Organization –
November 19th
7:00 PM
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center-Room 267
Public comments on the proposed amendment may be presented at this
meeting.
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