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15 <br /> CROSSING #735 189T/MP H 43.89/Byrdsville Road (P-4405K) <br /> NCDOT DESCRIBED IMPROVEMENTS <br /> This crossing serves a large subdivision of <br /> permanent and mobile homes. The crossing is <br /> protected by automatic warning devices. The <br /> approach roadway is paved and is approximately <br /> 16 feet wide. The westbound approach is ' <br /> curved. The crossing is slightly humped and <br /> there is heavy foliage on three of the four <br /> approaches. Approximately 70 homes are served <br /> by this crossing. Residential areas south of mss' <br /> Byrdsville Road are surrounded on three sides <br /> by Duke University property (Duke Forest) which ;; <br /> will most likely remain undeveloped. Alternatives will be considered for Byrdsville Road <br /> to have access to NC 86 to the west. A new roadway is proposed to connect Byrdsville <br /> Road to Walter Clark Drive. From there, drivers can follow `Walter Clark Drive' north to <br /> NC 86. Driveway improvements will also be considered in two locations to maintain <br /> connectivity to residential areas north of Byrdsville Road. <br /> COMMENTS <br /> 1 . The proposed new road layout cuts across Duke Forrest Property (PIN 9873-73- <br /> 3084), behind existing single-family residential lots within the Joppa Oaks <br /> subdivision, to access an existing private driveway located on Piedmont Electric <br /> property (PIN 9873-65-7546), eventually accessing a stubbed out, unnamed, <br /> reserved 60-foot wide roadway easement. This easement, part of the Joppa <br /> Oaks development (PB 23 PG 10) accesses NC 86 near the Hillsborough Church <br /> of God property (PIN 9873-66-3261). The aforementioned easement runs <br /> behind the Church and currently affords access to a few single-family residential <br /> properties. <br /> 2. In general, all of the existing roads and easements in the study area are not to <br /> acceptable standards. Most have substandard widths, many are graveled, storm <br /> drainage pipes are rare and typically crumbling in the ground, and there are few if <br /> any side drainage ditches. Storm drainage will be important throughout the study <br /> area due to a number of perennial and intermittent streams, many which do not <br /> appear on the study area map. <br /> 3. In general, there are many utility poles throughout the study area that are <br /> situated immediately next to the graveled or paved roads. Road widening and <br /> improvements would require utility pole relocation. <br /> 4. The road which is identified as Walter Clark Drive on NCDOT's Project Study <br /> Map is a graveled 60-foot wide roadway easement. Although there is a road <br /> sign at the location identifying this as Walter Clark Drive, the County's plat shows <br /> this road as being an unnamed roadway easement. <br /> Page 16 <br />