HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2012-115 Resolution Urging the NC Div. of State Parks To Make Closing Mountains-to-Sea Trail Gaps Within the Eno River State Park One of its Highest Priorities RES-2012-115
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Resolution Urging the North Carolina Division of State Parks To Make Closing the
Mountains-to-Sea Trail Gaps Within the Eno River State Park One of its Highest
Priorities
WHEREAS, North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) runs 1,000 miles from the
Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks to showcase North Carolina's natural, rural
and cultural features; and
WHEREAS, the MST is a unit of the State Park System created and maintained in
partnership with local, state and federal governments and citizen groups; and
WHEREAS, the existing and planned route of the MST from the Town of Hillsborough
east follows the Eno River to Falls Lake and the Neuse River; and
WHEREAS, the MST will stretch continuously for 150 miles between the Town of
Hillsborough and the Town of Clayton when it is complete; and
WHEREAS, all of the land for the MST in Durham and Wake counties and in Clayton
from the Wake county line to Sam's Branch has been acquired and construction is
expected to be complete by the end of 2013; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough and Classical American Homes are now building
a Riverwalk along the Eno River that is part of the MST; and
WHEREAS, the only missing links in the trail route between Clayton and Hillsborough
are in Orange County within the area identified for acquisition within the master plan for
the Eno River State Park; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is eager to see completion of a 150-mile continuous stretch
of the MST from Clayton to Hillsborough;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners of Orange
County urges the NC Division of State Parks to make closing the gaps within the trail in
Eno River State Park one of its highest priorities.
This the 11th Day of December 2012.
Barry Jac ir
Orang ou and o ommissioners