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~~~ ,, ORANGE COUNTY CONIIyxxSSIONERS - Roots No. 12 lO6 EAS[ Iv1ARGA.RET LANE HfY,LSB4I30UG~i. N. C. z~z~s ' RuisAIID WKtrrsD. C6m.~n NasatAta WALT.Pd Nov GusrAV~tsota UohACD Wuzesorr ' ~ ANNe~ BAIIPiEs February 15, 1979 Mr. Thomas ord. Bradshaw, Jr. Secretary pepartment of Transportation P. 0. Box 25201 Raleigh, NC 27611 - ~~~ peartMr~Bxadshaw: Much has been said recently about a proposed Southern By-Pass around Chapel Hill. Much also has been said about an alleged arrangement between the pepartment of Transportation and the Mayor of Chapel Hill, which goes something like this: Chapel H~11 withdraws from the I-40 lawsuit; the Department of Transportation agrees to build the Southern By-Pass and uses its influence in the General Assembly to help the Town get extended planning jurisdiction beyond that which the County Commissioners recently approved. Enclosed is a recent newspaper report as background for this suggested scenario. The Orange County Gommissioners would regard the State Department of Transportation's involving itself in a county extraterritorial planning matter highly inappropriate. It could also 6e interpreted as an affront to Boards of County Commissioners throughout the State, and particularly to the Orange County Board and the people it represents. It is unfortunate that this local planning extension issue, and your association with it, has been tied to the Southern By-Pass proposal. It is also regrettable that the Board of Commissioners has not been included in the DOT- UNC-Chapel Hill planning sessions even though your proposed corridor lies entirely outside the corporate limits of any municipality. Should the Commissioners assume at this point that DOT has no interest in Orange Gounty'.s involvement regardin g the By-Pass proposal?