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~'~..-.._....1 w <br />~ 5 .,~ <br />_ .. Page 2 <br />Commissioners Memo <br />' January 26= 1979 <br />PROJECT SCOPE <br />The Department of Transportation has named approximately 500 <br />roads in Orange County. Ta change any of these names we must obtain <br />concurrence of the Department. Their system of naming roads leaves <br />much to be desired as: <br />1) Raad names are duplicated. • <br />2) The Department often assigned different names to segments <br />of the same road. <br />Very preliminary estimates indicate there are approximately 6D0 <br />intersections at which signs should be placed. An exact count cannot <br />be taken from highway maps in our possession as they do not include <br />subdivision streets. Further, no policy. has been formulated prescribing <br />the roads to be named. This estimate of 600 does not relate favorably <br />to the Alamance County experience of placing 425 signs south of Inter- <br />state 85. <br />SUGGESTED IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURE <br />If the Board elects to proceed with this project, I suggest: <br />- 1) A1-locate a CETA position funded. sufficiently to attract <br />someone capable af: <br />a) Conducting necessary research attendant to proposing <br />road names. <br />b) Dealing with community groups and individuals having <br />concerns relating to road names. <br />2) Name a "task force" to hear complaints concerning road names, <br />to resolve these complaints 'where possible and to recommend to <br />the Board at a public hearing names for each road. <br />. -. BUDGET ESTIMATE •. - <br />Based on placing signs at 600 intersections, a project budget might <br />look like this:. <br />Project Coordinator (CETA) $ 00. <br />Clerical Support 2,000. <br />Supplies and Equipment 750. <br />S <br />Field Work Expenses _ 1,500. <br />Six Hundred Signs (600) 13,250. <br />Crew to Place Signs 6,000. <br />Total 23,500. <br />