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11 1 needs to be re-surfaced and widened by 2 feet on each side. He said this road services about 2 1500 cars per day in the rural part of the county. He said the second road is Lebanon Road, 3 which extends from Stagecoach to Efland Cedar Grove Road and is proposed for re-surfacing 4 and widening. He said this road carries about 1800 cars per day. He said these two roads 5 account for $650,000 of the secondary roads construction program, which leaves the balance at 6 $50,080. This will be used to survey other roads and areas of need. 7 Commissioner porosin asked how widening the road helps and eases congestion. 8 Mike Mills said this is not done to ease congestion, but it helps with safety. Widening 9 prevents large tires, such as those on trucks and buses, from being close to the edge. He 10 noted that these rural roads are commonly used by bicyclists, and this increases safety for them 11 as well. 12 Commissioner Price asked about the other parts of New Sharon and if there are 2 foot 13 shoulders on these areas. 14 Mike Mills said the south side has already been done. 15 16 NO PUBLIC COMMENT 17 18 Chair Jacobs said Mike Mills and another DOT representative attended the Burlington 19 MPO, where the strategic mobility formula was presented. He said this included the process of 20 normalization with regard to funding. He suggested that after this is passed and the state 21 Board of Transportation votes in August, perhaps Mike Mills could come back to exchange the 22 forthcoming changes. 23 Commissioner McKee said he appreciates the widening on Highway 57, as well as the 24 area of New Sharon that has already been done. He said it is a great safety improvement. He 25 asked if there was any way that the future widening could be 3 feet instead of 2 feet. 26 Mike Mills said the unpaved roads have been reduced to almost nothing. He said that 27 there are some rural roads that still have safety issues, and the shoulders are intended to 28 address this. 29 Commissioner Gordon thanked the DOT for coming 30 31 A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner McKee to close the 32 public hearing and adopt the North Carolina Department of Transportation's Proposed 2012- 33 2013 Secondary Roads Construction Program for Orange County. 34 35 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 36 37 b. Oranqe-Alamance Boundary Land Use and Zoninq Atlas Amendments - Public 38 Hearinq Closure and Action (No Additional Comments Accepted) 39 The Board received the Planning Board's recommendation, closed the public hearing, 40 and made a decision on Planning Director initiated map amendments to the 2030 41 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map and the Zoning Atlas to extend land use categories 42 and zoning for parcels being located within Orange County's planning jurisdiction in conjunction 43 with the formalization of the Orange-Alamance county line. 44 Michael Harvey said this is with regard to the extension of existing zoning and land use 45 designations for eleven properties along Eliza Lane. He referenced the map in the 46 Commissioners' packets. He reviewed the map and the Planning Director's recommendations. 47 Commissioner porosin referred to the map and asked if the section outlined in yellow is 48 part of the existing parcels immediately to the right. 49 Michael Harvey said yes, and he distinguished the existing and previous county line. 50