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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF OLD NC 86 SCENIC BYWAY APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Orange County has an adopted goal of promoting the preservation of rural
character in the County; and
WHEREAS, one of the stated County objectives for preserving rural character is to preserve
and protect visual resources in rural sections of the County, including rural roadscapes that
invoke the `feel' of the countryside; and
WHEREAS, the NC Department of Transportation administers a North Carolina Scenic
Byways program, which encourages residents and visitors to experience North Carolina
history, geography and culture through a system of beautiful roadways without regulating
future developmeflt or land use along the roadway; and
WHEREAS, in November of 2003, a group of citizens along with the Northern Transition
Area Advisory Board applied to the NC Department of Transportation to have a segment of
Old 86 designated as a Scenic Byway; and
WHEREAS, sections of Old NC 86 were once part of the main road linking Chapel Hill and
Hillsborough, which passed the home site of Thomas Lloyd, awell-known colonial settler,
legislator and judicial official; and
WHEREAS, the road travels by several natural and scenic landmarks, including
conservation lands such as Bald Mountain, Blackwood Mountain, Currie Hill, New Hope
Creek and Steep Bottom Branch) protected by Duke University, Orange County, the
Triangle Land Conservancy and others; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary application resulted in Old NC 86 being placed on the Study List
for Scenic Byway Designation with a more detailed application needing to be submitted by
August 31, 2004 for further consideration;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
does hereby support the designation of Old NC 86 as a North Carolina Scenic Byway and
asks that the NC Department of Transportation. look favorably on the application.
This the 17th day of August, 2004.
Barry Jacobs hair
Orange Coun _ .f Commissioners
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Donna Baker
Clerk to the Board
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