HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2002-015 Resolution Endorsing A Traffic Light At Orange Grove Road and New Grady Brown School Road/~~~ ~ ~;
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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING A TRAFFIC LIGHT
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ORANGE GROVE ROAD AND NEW GRADY BROWN SCHOOL ROAD
WHEREAS, Cedar Ridge High School is scheduled to open in Fall 2002 with a student capacity of
approximately 900 and an ultimate capacity of 1,500; and
WHEREAS, Cedar Ridge High School will be located on the north side of New Grady Brown School Road across
from Grady Brown Elementary School, which has a student capacity of 575; and
WHEREAS, several new residential sites are can-ently being developed on Orange Grove Road north of this
intersection, and some of the traffic from the 381 apartments and 30 townhouses in those developments can
be expected to impact this vicinity; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina Department of Transportation statistics indicate, from 1997 to 1999, average daily
traffic increased on Orange Grove Road north of this location (north of I-40) and average daily traffic in that
vicinity can be expected to increase at a greater rate with the new developments; and
WHEREAS, Orange County has requested for several years that the North Carolina Department of
Transportation install a traffic light at the intersection of New Grady Brown School Road with Orange Grove
Road and investigate lowering speed limits in the vicinity of Cedar Ridge High School; and
WHEREAS, North Carolina Department of Transportation staff assured the Orange County Commissioners in
July 2001 that additional development on Orange Grove Road had changed conditions to meet
department warrants for a traffic signal, and subsequently designated a traffic light at Cedar Ridge High
School as the top spot safety project in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, many parents and other concerned citizens, including the members of the Orange County School
Board and state Senator Ellie Kinnaird, have lobbied for the installation of this necessary safety improvement;
and
WHEREAS, Orange County believes a traffic light at that location is warranted for the safety of school children,
pedestrians, cyclists and motorists traveling in that vicinity;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners endorses the installation of
a traffic light at the intersection of New Grady Brown School Road with Orange Grove Road in time for the
opening of Cedar Ridge High School in August 2002. .~,\~---~ ~ /~
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Commissioners
Upon motion of Commissioner e seconded by Commissioner r ,the foregoing
resolution was adopted this the ~f~ day of/I~~., 2002.
I, Beverly A. Blythe, 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
March 6, 2002 as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded
in the minutes of said Board.
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WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County,
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Clerk to th Board of Co issioners
this ~. day of L~, 2002. ~.~ ~ _~:,•°-
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