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. 11 <br /> Hollow Rock Access Arca Master Plan Scptcmbcr 2009 <br /> This section of Pickett Road is a gravel, state-maintained roadway between Erwin <br /> Road to the Trinity School entrance, about 1,000 feet south of the park property. The <br /> gravel road provides access to two private residences. Durham County's 1991 <br /> Thoroughfare Plan identifies Pickett Road as a "minor thoroughfare," and NCDOT <br /> would like to pave the road, but has received resistance from adjoining landowners. <br /> The future use of Pickett Road was one of the most significant issues that the <br /> Committee dealt with in creating the master plan. The Committee considered the pros <br /> and cons of closing a section of the road to through traffic. More details are provided <br /> in the Findings of the Committee (Pages 10-11) and in Appendix 5. <br /> The site's close proximity to two schools (Forest View Elementary and Trinity School) <br /> is an important asset. It will be important to facilitate pedestrian and bicycle access to <br /> the site from both schools as well as from the adjoining residential neighborhoods. <br /> The Solterra neighborhood shares the northernmost boundary of the parkland, and <br /> several informal trails have been created into the park property from that subdivision. <br /> One official pedestrian access point into the park would be desirable from Solterra. <br /> Similarly, a pedestrian access point and trailhead would be desirable along the eastern <br /> park boundary to connect with neighborhoods to the east. That access could be <br /> established in the future when the intervening vacant property is developed. Multiple <br /> informal access points into the Hollow Rock Access Area should be discouraged to <br /> minimize undesirable impacts along the park boundaries. <br /> f x <br /> 4� <br /> A gravel section of Pickett Rd bisects the park property (View north toward Erwin Rd) <br /> 8 <br />