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ORANGECOUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 6, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: Report on the paving of the southern end of Buckhorn Road <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />9/22/98 letter from Linwood Futrell of the <br />Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Company to <br />Norris Tolson, Secretary, NCDOT <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 10- <br />PUBLIC HEARING: Yes x No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: Yes x No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />County Engineer Extension 2303 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />- 732 -8181 <br />Durham <br />- 688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />- 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill <br />- 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />PURPOSE: To provide the BOCC with information related to the current NCDOT project for <br />the paving of the southern end of Buckhom Road <br />BACKGROUND: Buckhorn Road (SR 1114) is a state maintained county road approximately eight <br />miles long, running from an intersection with US 70 on the north (just east of <br />Mebane) to an intersection with Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) in the south. With <br />the exception of the southern-most section, a one and one half mile segment <br />between Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115) and Orange Grove Road, Buckhorn <br />Road has an asphalt paved travel surface. The paving of this last unpaved segment <br />of Buckhorn Road is priority number 11 on the 1997 -98 secondary roads paving <br />priority list. <br />The NCDOT project to pave the last segment of Buckhorn Road is currently under <br />construction. This project includes not only the paving of the roadway surface but <br />acquisition of right -of -way; the relocating or realigning of the roadway to the <br />center of the existing and new right -of -way; and the grading and clearing of the <br />right -of -way. The existing alignment of this segment of Buckhorn road, with its <br />narrow and uneven travel surface, blind curves, limited sight distances, overgrown <br />right -of -way and precipitous grade changes could perhaps be characterized as scenic <br />or quaint from an esthetic point of view. From a transportation perspective, <br />however, these characteristics provide for low speed, an uncomfortable ride and <br />potentially unsafe travel way. The NCDOT paving project with its associated <br />realignment and re- grading will provide some relief from many of the transportation <br />