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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 7, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -a <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Proposed 2012 -2013 Secondary Road (SR) Construction Program for Orange <br />County <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Proposed 2012 -2013 SR Construction <br />Program <br />2. Proposed 2012 -2013 SR Construction <br />Program Map <br />3. Letter from J.M. Mills, Division Engineer <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) YO <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, 245 -2592 <br />Tom Altieri, 245 -2575 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing to receive public comments and discuss and concur with <br />the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Proposed 2012 -2013 Secondary Roads <br />Construction Program for Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND: Chapter 136 -44.8 of the General Statutes of North Carolina (NCGS) requires <br />that the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) meet with the Board of County <br />Commissioners at a public meeting to present and discuss with the Board and other citizens the <br />proposed secondary road paving projects (Secondary Roads Construction Program). NCDOT, <br />in compliance with NCGS 136 -44.8, posted a county map at the court house and at the <br />Southern Human Services Center on April 24th showing tentative secondary road paving <br />projects, and has published notice of the public hearing in the News of Orange County, The <br />Chapel Hill News, and the Mebane Enterprise. <br />The 2012 -2013 allocation for Orange County secondary (Attachment 1) roads totals $700,080. <br />The allocation includes: <br />Est. Cost <br />II. General Secondary Road Improvements $ 650,000 <br />IV. Surveying, right -of -way acquisition, additions, contingencies, <br />overdrafts, etc. $ 50,080 <br />Total $ 700,080 <br />The FY 2012 -2013 allocation represents a 34% decrease in funding from the $1,053,833 <br />allocation for the 2011 -2012 Construction Program. <br />The roads included in the program are: <br />• New Sharon Church Road from SR 1553 (Walker Rd) to SR 1548 (Schley Rd)- Widen <br />existing lanes 2' and resurface; and <br />• Lebanon Road from SR 1376 (Stagecoach Rd) to SR 1004 (Efland Cedar Grove Road) - <br />Widen existing lanes 2' and resurface. <br />