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1. <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 8, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PETITION FOR ABANDONMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY - DUKE FOREST RD. <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES —X—NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Draft Resolution Slade McCalip, Ext. 2595 <br /> - Vicinity Map Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 <br /> - Petition <br /> - J. Edeburn Letter of 10-14-94 <br /> - G. Gledhill Letter of 01-27-95 <br /> - N.C. General Statute 153A-241 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 r <br /> PURPOSE: To consider adoption of a resolution for the <br /> abandonment of right-of-way for Duke Forest Road <br /> and setting April 18, 1995 as the public hearing <br /> date for consideration of the issue. <br /> BACKGROUND: On February 6, 1995 the County Commissioners <br /> approved a petition for the abandonment of <br /> maintenance on Duke Forest Road, the 0.7 mile <br /> section of SR 1716 between University Station Road <br /> and Murphey School Road. The petition was <br /> submitted by the N.C. Department of Transportation <br /> (NCDOT) on behalf of the property owners adjacent <br /> to the road, Duke University, and Alfred S. and <br /> Jane C. Kirkland. <br /> The adjacent property owners desire right-of-way <br /> abandonment so the road can be closed completely. <br /> Reasons for abandonment include illegal dumping, <br /> vandalism, and safety concerns along the more <br /> obscure portions of the road. The road does not <br /> provide access to residential areas, and there is <br /> currently no forecasted need for this connection <br /> between University Station Murphey School Road. <br /> NCDOT estimates that the road currently carries <br /> about 30 vehicles per day. <br />