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264M <br />NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION PETITIONING BOARD OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO CLOSE PORTIONS <br />OF S.R. 1100 and S.R. 1116 TO <br />' PERMIT COMPLETION OF CONSTRUC- <br />TION AND OPERATION OF CANE <br />ORANGE COUNTY CREEK RESERVOIR <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has been informed by the <br />Orange Water and Sewer Authority (hereafter the Authority) <br />that in order to serve the best interests of the people of <br />Orange County, and particularly in order to provide for and <br />assure a safe and adequate public water supply for present <br />and future Orange County residents who are and will be served <br />by the public water supply system operated by the Authority, <br />the Authority has acquired approximately 745 acres of the <br />total of 758 acres (98~) necessary for the construction of <br />the permanent Cane Creek Reservoir in Bingham Township, <br />Orange County, North Carolina, and expects to acquire the <br />remaining 13.3 acres within the near future; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange Caunty has been informed by the <br />Authority that the Authority has constructed and is using a <br />temporary impoundment on a part of the lands acquired for the <br />Cane Creek Reservoir Project, which temporary impoundment is <br />presently an integral part of the Authority's present water <br />storage and supply system which supplies the existing demand <br />within its service area in Orange County; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange .County has been informed by the <br />Authority that the Authority has commenced clearing and <br />construction activities and has made substantial progress <br />1 <br />