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~ £ s~ zoo ~ ~~ ~ <br />~ -~~- ° ~' <br />~~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE NO-BUILD ALTERNATIVE FOR TIP PROJECT <br />NUMBER U-3808, ELIZABETH BRADY ROAD EXTENSION AND <br />SUPPORTING FUNDING FOR IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN HILLSBOROUGH <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has released the Draft <br />Environmental Impact Statement for Transportation Improvement Program Project <br />Number U-3808, the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension; and <br />WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement contains detailed studies for four <br />alternatives for the project including a No-Build Alternative that would include other <br />North Carolina Department of Transportation programmed roadway improvements and <br />other roadway projects in the area that are included in the adopted 2035 Long Range <br />Transportation Plan of the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization but no improvements to Elizabeth Brady Road except for routine <br />maintenance; and <br />WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement indicates implementation of <br />Build Alternatives 3, 4 or 6 would have greater negative impacts to area physical, <br />cultural and human environments than the No-Build Alternative while reducing traffic <br />delay on Churton Street by only 13% to 23%; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has previously submitted comments regarding the County's <br />concerns with protecting the natural and cultural resources in the vicinity of the <br />Elizabeth Brady Road project; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has participated in several joint endeavors with the Town of <br />Hillsborough to study transportation projects and develop plans recommending projects <br />to address traffic congestion in and around Hillsborough; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has included projects recommended by those joint studies <br />in its priority list requests for programming in the Transportation Improvement Program; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the Town of Hillsborough has developed a list of alternatives to replace <br />construction of the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension project; and <br />WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation will consider such things <br />as safety, costs, traffic service, environmental impacts and public comments in making <br />a recommendation for a Preferred Alternative Corridor for preparation of the Final <br />Environmental Impact Statement; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Orange County endorses the No-Build Alternative for Transportation Improvement <br />Program Project Number U-3808, the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension, and supports <br />