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16 <br /> 5. The unnamed roadway easement (i.e. the road identified by NCDOT as Walter <br /> Clark Road) intersects NC 86 at an angle. The proposed road layout would <br /> create a road accessing the highway across from the primary access to the <br /> Wildwood single-family residential subdivision. Also, a short distance to the <br /> south on NC 86 is an entrance to the Becketts Ridge single-family residential <br /> subdivision. Staff has concerns regarding both the increase in the amount of <br /> traffic that would be utilizing this intersection and the increased danger <br /> associated with the angled, slightly off-set intersection that would be created. <br /> Staff believes that a traffic study would be necessary, to evaluate if this <br /> intersection should be signalized and realigned to address traffic access and <br /> congestion management issues. Additionally, some evaluation should be made <br /> as to whether north and/or south bound turn lanes would be required on NC 86. <br /> 6. Staff is aware that the Town of Hillsborough has been contacted for its comments <br /> regarding this proposed private crossing closure. The County's and Town's <br /> comments should be coordinated with regard to traffic impacts along NC 86. <br /> 7. The unnamed roadway easement (i.e. the road + <br /> identified by NCDOT as Walter Clark Road) does <br /> not have an open intersection with Jaspers Lane, <br /> i.e., there is not currently any connectivity with <br /> the Joppa Oaks development. There is an <br /> earthen barricade at the terminus of Jaspers <br /> Lane. This road actually ends at the Piedmont <br /> Electric property line, where it accesses a private <br /> easement on its property. <br /> 8. The private drive access on the Piedmont Electric property is an access <br /> easement granted with the recordation of an easement agreement in the Orange <br /> County Registrar of Deeds office within Book 433 Page 641 between Piedmont <br /> and Wildwood Corporation of Hillsborough. This allows access to a property <br /> south of Piedmont Electric's, with an Orange County Parcel Identification Number <br /> (PIN) of 9873-64-6782 and a street address of 2370 NC Highway 86 South. <br /> 9. Because this access easement on Piedmont Electric's property is not a <br /> `dedicated right-of-way', NC DOT will have to condemn the necessary property to <br /> create the required right-of-way. <br /> 10.Condemning right-of-way through Piedmont Electric's property could create <br /> ramifications on its ability to comply with established development requirements <br /> associated with an existing Special Use Permit issued by Orange County. <br /> Potential expansion and modification of existing infrastructure on the property <br /> Page 17 <br />