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<br />1 owned, I think, by one individual, all the way down to Cornwallis Hills, down to where it
<br />2 backs up to that. They would need access, if they wanted access, it could come through
<br />3 from Millstone to tie into that, and there would be a possibility of something. But, it was
<br />4 basically a grade issue.
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<br />6 We originally started out with all the connectivity in the back, but with the queuing up from
<br />7 -the folks going through the ATM, they were backing up into yourtwo-way traffic. It didn't
<br />8 function like we would have liked to have seen. You were having people sitting there
<br />9 queued up to go into the ATM and into the drive-thrus backed up into the two-way traffic
<br />10 lane in the back, so they proposed something upfront, which has its own drawbacks
<br />11 because you have people leaving, sticking their money in their wallets, and what not,
<br />12 pulling out, and you've got traffic coming across in front of them.
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<br />14 Commissioner Jacobs Well, I would hope that the Planning Board and the Staff and the
<br />15 Commissioners would consider adding astub-out there, so that if we decided that was
<br />16 more optimal in the future, we hadn't precluded that possibility. Now, one thing that was
<br />17 mentioned, is there or is there not, right-of--way dedicated on Oakdale at the intersection
<br />18 with Old 86.
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<br />20 Robert Davis .One of the previous DOT comments was to dedicate a site distance triangle
<br />21 up at the corner there, which tells me that that was done -and there is aright-of-way offset
<br />22 there. Land Records did not pick up the 86 right-of--way, but they've dedicated their portion
<br />23 on their side, at least.
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<br />25 Commissioner Jacobs So, we're sure then that you could put a right turn, or, at least, a
<br />26 taper in there at this time.
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<br />28 Robert Davis You might have to go curb and gutter for drainage purposes but the cross
<br />29 section is wide enough for -it's generally 12-foot lanes. 12, 12, 12, turn lane, straight lane,
<br />30 right lane---that's 36 feet. And you have a 65-foot right-of-way.
<br />32 Commissioner Jacobs Because one-Qfthe. things that having a`righ~tu~n there would do -
<br />33 would be to address some of the concerns that were raised about making a left turn at that= ---
<br />34 light. Since there's no option but to sit there until you get to the light to make a right tum, it
<br />35 queues the traffic way more than it has to. I spoke at the 1997 Public Hearing, and Orange
<br />36 County's Transportation Planner, at that time, said it wasn't necessary. I think it's an
<br />3'~ example of how, when we don't look ahead, the problems are created. Were there a right
<br />38 turn lane there now, people wouldn't drive through the swale to make it anyway. I would
<br />39 suggest that we talk with DOT about whether there will be -- we had mentioned this to them
<br />40 -whether there would be money available under NC Moving ahead, if, in fact we do have
<br />41 adequate right-of-way, to have that paved, without asking the applicant to pave. it.
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<br />43 t think that ought to be part of this process that we have that discussion, about how we're
<br />44 going to require or acquire a right turn lane there, because 1 think that will address some of
<br />45 those questions about if we're moving the traffic so that it goes out to the traffic light. I use
<br />46 that intersection a lot. The way I look at that, the existing driveway on Old 86 lines up with
<br />47 the existing driveway on the Citgo. Am I correct? There's no control of access there, so
<br />48 you have people making opposite left turns going across traffic, one of the most highly
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