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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE NO-BUILD ALTERNATIVE FOR TIP PROJECT
NUMBER U-3808, ELIZABETH BRADY ROAD EXTENSION AND
SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN HILLSBOROUGH
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has released the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for Transportation Improvement Program Project
Number U-3808, the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement contains detailed studies for four
alternatives for the project including a No-Build Alternative that would include other
North Carolina Department of Transportation programmed roadway improvements and
other roadway projects in the area that are included in the adopted 2035 Long Range
Transportation Plan of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization but no improvements to Elizabeth Brady Road except for routine
maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement indicates implementation of
Build Alternatives 3, 4 or 6 would have greater negative impacts to area physical,
cultural and human environments than the No-Build Alternative while reducing traffic
delay on Churton Street by only 13% to 23%; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has previously submitted comments regarding the County's
concerns with protecting the natural and cultural resources in the vicinity of the
Elizabeth Brady Road project; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has participated in several joint endeavors with the Town of
Hillsborough to study transportation projects and develop plans recommending projects
to address traffic congestion in and around Hillsborough; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has included projects recommended by those joint studies
in its priority list requests for programming in the Transportation Improvement Program;
and
WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough has developed a list of alternatives to replace
construction of the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension project; and
WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will consider such things
as safety, costs, traffic service, environmental impacts and public comments in making
a recommendation for a Preferred Alternative Corridor for preparation of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners
Orange County endorses the No-Build Alternative for Transportation Improvement
Program Project Number U-3808, the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension, and supports
programming of roadway improvements in the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan of
the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization to alleviate traffic
on Churton Street in downtown Hillsborough, including the following three projects on
the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Priority
List::
• Transportation Improvement Program Project Number R-2825, South Churton
Street improvements (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning
Organization priority project number 9);
• Transportation Improvement Program Project Number U-3436, realignment of
the intersections of Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street at Orange Grove Road
(Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization priority project
number 20); and
• Extension of Orange Grove Street to US 70 A (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro
Metropolitan Planning Organization priority project number 16).
• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners
Orange County urges the North Carolina Department of Transportation to consider
funding a package of alternative improvements, which will be submitted consistent
with Metropolitan Planning Organization processes.
Up ~ motio of Commissioner seconded by Commissioner
,the foregoing resolution was adopted this the 15th day of December,
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I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North
Carolina, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the
proceedings of said Board at a meeting held on December 15, 2009, as relates in any
way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the
minutes of said Board.
WITNESS my hand eal of said County, this ~ day of ,
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CLERK'S
CERTIFICATION
I, Donna S. Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North
Carolina, do hereby certify that the attached is a true and correct copy of the resolution
entitled " A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE NO-BUILD ALTERNATIVE FOR TIP
PROJECT NUMBER U-3808, ELIZABETH BRADY ROAD EXTENSION AND
SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN HILLSBOROUGH,"
which was adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on December 15,
2009.
This 21St Day of December 2009.
Donna S. Baker, CMC
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