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22 5/26/99 1. Greenways In the. past 15 years, a considerable degree of planning has occurred in the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for greenways. In 1985, the Town of Chapel Hill received a Greenways Task Force Report that led to the creation of a Greenways Commission, and the planning and development of Bolin Creek Greenway. In 1996, a Comprehensive Greenways Master Plan was adopted that outlines future greenways, funding and construction plans and priorities. The 1996 plan focused on four new greenway trails: Lower Booker Creek (Phase II), Upper Booker Creek, Dry Creek (Phase I) and Dry Creek (Phase II). The Town of Carrboro's "Recreation and Parks Comprehensive Plan" calls for active greenways to be located on the Morgan and Bolin Creek corridors. Both would be off- street facilities, for a total of ten miles and linking up with greenways planned in Chapel Hill. It has been the - practice to require offers of dedication in both areas as part of the Town's Land Use Ordinance. However, no offers have been formally accepted by the Town as of this date. In regards to other non= motorized access, Carrboro's bikeways system is among the. best in North .Carolina. The bikeway system is designed to allow residents to safely commute from their neighborhoods through the central business district to Chapel Hill at Cameron Avenue. For the sporting cyclist concerned with touring or training, routes start at Jones Ferry and Old Hillsborough roads.. The town's recreational facilities are easily accessible to Carrboro residents by the bikeway system. While the Town of Hillsborough does not have a formal greenways program, recent initiatives to link Occoneechee Mountain to the Eno River State Park and develop a Riverwalk along the Eno in Hillsborough (in conjunction with Orange County) would form a significant beginning for a greenways system. There Is a fourth area where the potential for greenways currently exists, although no facilities have been planned or developed to date. The 1986 Joint Planning Area Plan Use Plan adopted by the County, ,Chapel Hill and Carrboro contains a strategy map that provides for future greenway corridors along the network of streams in the Rural Buffer area as well as the Town's long -term transition areas. Through the Orange County Subdivision Regulations, the County has a policy to require dedication of land for greenways in the Rural Buffer area. While some land has been dedicated to date in the Rural Buffer, no plans have been developed for a greenway system. This subject would likely be dealt with in the planned revision to the County Master Recreation and Parks Plan. w