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1 . <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 21, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# /C- <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED DESIGN OF HOMESTEAD ROAD <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning& Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Slade McCalip <br /> Draft Letter for Mayor Waldorf Extension 2595 <br /> Chapel Hill's 9-22-97 Homestead Road Resolution <br /> BOCC's 8-29-97 Homestead Road Letter TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> NC DOT's 9-4-97 Homestead Road Letter Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill Manager's 9-22-97 Homestead Road Memo Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider information that may change the design and construction schedule of <br /> planned improvements to Homestead Road. <br /> BACKGROUND: On June 25, 1997 NC DOT held an informational meeting at the Chapel Hill <br /> Town Council Chambers for elected officials on planned improvements to <br /> Homestead Road. <br /> At the meeting, NC DOT staff proposed four different cross-section designs for <br /> Homestead Road. These included: <br /> 1) a five lane curb and gutter road that would include wide (14') travel lanes (to <br /> accommodate bicycles)with sidewalks on both sides of the road, <br /> 2) a three lane paved shoulder(4' wide to accommodate bicycles)road that would <br /> not include sidewalks (this is what is currently programmed in the STIP for <br /> construction beginning in 2001), <br /> 3)a hybrid of both road design types whereby one half of a three lane road would <br /> have 14' wide lanes (for bicycles) with a sidewalk on the same side with a 4' <br /> paved shoulder on the opposite lane (for bicycles) with no sidewalk (the intent of <br /> this design type is to provide a sidewalk on one side of the road and also to <br />