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~ Mr [ 4 2 Ted Ydaters, Assistant Administrator of the State Department of° Transportation. presented a map which indicated-the contracts scheduled for letting. The project will begin in Orange County in July, 1:`84 and is scheduled for completion during the summer of ].987. Seventy-five to eighty percent of the right-of-way has been acquired. The I-40 Interchange at 15-5p1 will have, counting the double left turn lanes on the ramp, ten lanes. On P:.C. 86 there is a gap between where the five lanes end on 86 and where it will connect onto I-40. The interchange and the bridge on I-40 will accommodate the five lanes out to the interchange. waiters indicated they are nat widening this section of Airport Road to five lanes because they had not received a request to do so. An official request or attendance atone of the state-wide meetings, which are being held in the near future, would be sufficient for consideration. He noted there is a need for this missing link, approximately one mile, and if the request is made that serious consideration would be given for addition to the program. Chairman ti~dillhoit incicated the concern expressed about the' missing link on 86 because the interstate will have the capability of carrying a large nuNaer of people and will need a stacking lane on the interstate to get people coming into Chapel Hill aff the interstate. Tn orcer, to nat disrupt this traffic flow, these problems need to be addressed well in advance of the opening of the interstate and the construction, that would further disrupt traffic flaw, needs to be - completed. The procedure for getting a light at the 4deaver Dairy Road - N.C. 86 intersection was discussed. 47i11hoit emphasized that because the traffic is backed up so far on [leaver Dairy Road and because a lot of people take a longer way to avoid this intersection that a traffic count would not be valid. [caters indicated that a traffic count was taken and in accordance with the statewide criteria did not warrant a traffic light, but that he would have a manual traffic count taken and would work with Orange County to get whatever is needed at this location. Commissioner [:arshall noted that the Board needs information so'" that when they have requests from developers for this area, the board will kno~v how to proceed in working out the planning. 4. JQ I NT ~ u~Il~llI?S_~~~N~_AI~~.BPi~1.bS.S~RB,~'~___PR~~PS~aS ( S e e ~) County ,Tanager Tien Thompson noted that last year the Board approved the Joint Planning Agreement as a means to facilitate a more comprehensive and more coordinated planning effort with the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Chapel Hi11 and Carrboro approved the agreement in November, 1983. Thompson presented the Administrative Procedures in a series of steps to implement this agreement. Philip Post, consulting engineer in Chapel Hill, sited the joint planning agreement as causing confusion and delay, and suggested that the procedure start, proceed and end with Orange County; supported the joint staff review - courtesy review; cuestianed the joint public hearing and felt the joint approval process would put an undue burden on the developer; to implement the standards of Chapel Hill would be complex, and supported the process being maintained as is with the courtesy revieo-;. Griffin Graves, Chapel Hill attorney representing several developers and landowners in the joint planning area, indicated his