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WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Statement indicates implementation of Build <br /> Alternatives 3, 4 or 6 would have greater negative impacts to area physical, cultural and <br /> human environments than the No-Build Alternative while reducing traffic delay on Churton <br /> 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 Elizabeth Brady <br /> 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 to <br /> address traffic congestion in and around Hillsborough; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has included projects recommended by those joint studies in its <br /> priority list requests for programming in the Transportation Improvement Program; 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 as <br /> safety, costs, traffic service, environmental impacts and public comments in making a <br /> recommendation for a Preferred Alternative Corridor for preparation of the Final Environmental <br /> 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 Program <br /> Project Number U-3808, the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension, and supports programming of <br /> roadway improvements in the 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan of the Durham-Chapel <br /> Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization to alleviate traffic on Churton Street in <br /> downtown Hillsborough, including the following three projects on the Durham-Chapel Hill- <br /> Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization Regional Priority List:: <br /> • Transportation Improvement Program Project Number R-2825, South Churton Street <br /> improvements (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization priority <br /> project number 9); <br /> • Transportation Improvement Program Project Number U-3436, realignment of the intersections <br /> of Eno Mountain Road and Mayo Street at Orange Grove Road (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br /> Metropolitan Planning Organization priority project number 20); and <br /> • Extension of Orange Grove Street to US 70 A (Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan <br /> Planning Organization priority project number 16). <br /> • BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Orange County Board of Commissioners Orange County <br /> urges the North Carolina Department of Transportation to consider funding a package of <br /> alternative improvements, which will be submitted consistent with Metropolitan Planning <br /> Organization processes. <br /> f. Acceptance of American Tower, Inc. Response / Contract to the Broadband <br /> Request for Proposal (RFP) <br />