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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF CONXISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 17, 1995 Action Agenda Item # X- 13 SUBJECT: STATUS REPORT ON ENO DRIVE/CLOSURE OF I-85 EXIT 172 DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: —X—YES NO ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: - 10-8-91 Planning Board Minutes Slade McCalip, Ext. 2595 - 10-22-91 Letter from Moses Carey Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 - 3-26-92 Letter from Moses Carey - 4-21-92 BOCC Minutes - Eno Drive Newsletter, January 1995 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 PURPOSE: To receive a report on the Eno Drive Corridor Study (Durham Northwest and Northeast Loop) and issues surrounding the closure of I-85 Exit 172 . BACKGROUND: On October 8, 1991 the Planning Board prepared a recommendation to the County Commissioners on the location of the proposed Eno Drive corridor lying in Orange County. The Planning Board recommended that the terminus of the proposed loop be in Durham County where it would be better aligned with US 15-501 and the East/West Expressway. The BOCC endorsed the Planning Board recommendation at their meeting on October 22, 1991 and followed up with a letter to NCDOT. On March 24, 1992, the BOCC received a report from staff on two possible Eno Drive corridors in eastern Orange County. The first corridor involved two crossings of the Eno River and came extremely close, if not through, portions of Eno river State Park. The second corridor lay to the east and south of the river. While expressing concern about any highway proposed for Orange County, the Board recommended that corridor two be considered for additional detailed study. This position was expressed to NCDOT in a letter dated March 26, 1992.