Mitigation of traffic impacts resulting from the Huntersville Recreation Center requires the installation of a left-turn lane on Verhoeff Drive into the facility site. Additionally, with the increasing volumes currently being realized along Verhoeff Drive and the planned expansion of CPCC on various sites along Verhoeff Drive, it was determined that an increase to the scope of a ‘left-turn only project” may be warranted and a proper expenditure of public funds.
Given that a 3-lane section currently exist between the Verhoeff Drive bridge and Dr. Seay Drive, that a future left-turn lane will be required at the existing drive to CPCC when they propose their planned expansion to the campus, and that a left-turn lane will be required when development is proposed in the southeast quadrant of Verhoeff Drive and US 21; it was determined that the most cost-effective transportation solution would be to deliver a full and ultimate 3-lane section along the entire length of Verhoeff Drive with a single project.
The Professional Services Agreement, submitted for consideration, is to provide the surveying and design services necessary to obtain the NCDOT permits required to facilitate the improvements to Verhoeff Drive as described.