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13 <br /> CROSSING #726 305F/MP H 47.62/Greenbriar Drive (P-4405J) <br /> NCDOT DESCRIBED IMPROVEMENTS <br /> This crossing serves eight residential parcels - <br /> located north of the railroad and provides <br /> t <br /> access to Old NC 10 (SR 1710). It is located ;... <br /> along a straight section of track. There is heavy <br /> foliage on all four approaches to the crossing. <br /> The roadway approaches are gravel, and the <br /> southbound approach is slightly humped. The ,a ' <br /> crossing is protected by crossbucks. The € x <br /> railroad overpasses Old NC 10 approximately <br /> " <br /> p <br /> 550 feet east of the crossing. The Greenbrier <br /> subdivision abuts the Whispering Pines <br /> subdivision immediately to the east which has <br /> direct access to Old NC 10 without crossing the railroad. Alternative access is being <br /> considered parallel to the track to connect Greenbrier Drive to Spruce Pine Trail in the <br /> Whispering Pines subdivision. A new roadway will be studied in two locations- One will <br /> be from Greenbriar Drive approximately 400 feet north of the railroad crossing to Spruce <br /> Pine Trail approximately 450 feet north of Old NC 10. The other will be from the <br /> northern end of Greenbriar Drive to Spruce Pine Trial where Spruce Pine Trail turns to <br /> the east. <br /> COMMENTS <br /> 1 . The proposed NCDOT road layout includes a cross access/road mid-way on <br /> Greenbriar Drive that does not align with existing lot patterns and appears to <br /> serve no practical purpose. This cross access/road would also involve an <br /> unnecessary perennial stream crossing. <br /> 2. Existing Greenbriar Drive is not built to acceptable standards. It has substandard <br /> width and no side drainage ditches. <br /> 3. This proposed option could potentially involve traffic associated with adjoining <br /> non-residentially zoned property, to have ingress/egress through an established <br /> single-family residential neighborhood. <br /> 4. Either the southern or the northern end of Greenbriar Drive will need to be <br /> renamed after the closure to avoid duplicated street names. <br /> 5. Planning staff requests that more viable alternatives other than the current <br /> proposal be explored. This location is part of a County designated and zoned <br /> economic development district (EDD), and is also immediately south of an <br /> interchange with 1-85 which is planned for improvements. Staff would prefer an <br /> alternative that considers the larger context of the area's access issues and <br /> Page 14 <br />