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10 <br />interchange with I-85 built. The County Commissioners have been invited to <br />attend a special presentation by NCDOT of the Draft Environmental Impact Study <br />on January 30 at 7:00 p.m. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that the County's position in the past has <br />been that this interchange should not be in Orange County and should not align <br />up with 751. This project as currently proposed would take some of the land <br />from the Eno River State Park. <br />Ms. Margaret Nygard, Eno River Association, and Ms. Hildegard <br />Ryals, New Hope Corridor Advisory Committee, spoke against DOT proposals for <br />constructing Eno Drive through the park and extending the road to NC 751. Ms. <br />Nygard showed on a map the park acquisitions, planned for more than a decade, <br />which are in four sections. Two parcels have been acquired, one will be <br />acquired next year and the final one soon thereafter. Ms. Ryals indicated <br />that in a letter from the New Hope Creek Advisory Committee, the negative <br />impacts of a proposed interchange and connector road at 751 were listed. <br />Reference is made to the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan and the <br />specific recommendations about NC 751 Scenic Road. <br />After extended discussion, a motion was made by Commissioner <br />Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Willhoit that a letter will be drafted which <br />reflects the Commissioners opposition to an Eno Drive project which negatively <br />impacts Eno River State Park, the New Hope Corridor, and other areas of <br />environmental concerns, signed by all the County Commissioners and sent to <br />NCDOT. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />XI. APPOINTMENTS <br />XII. MINUTES <br />XIII. CLOSED SESSION <br />XIV. ADJOURNMENT <br />With no further items to be discussed, Chair Carey adjourned the <br />meeting. The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, February 6, 1995 <br />at 7:30 p.m. in the courtroom of the Old Courthouse in Hillsborough, North <br />Carolina. <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk <br />