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2 RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE TRANSPORT OF 16-FOOT WIDE MOBILE/MODULAR HOMES ON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS IN NORTH CAROLINA WHEREAS, on December 3, 1993 the N.C. Board of Transportation approved a policy to implement amending Title 19A NCAC 02D.067 to allow the transport of 16-foot wide mobile/modular homes on designated highways in North Carolina; and WHEREAS, upon publishing text of the proposed rule with notice of public hearings in the North Carolina Register, the State of North Carolina will hold public hearings and also allow for written public comment; and WHEREAS, the proposed transport routes for 16-foot wide mobile/modular homes within the Durham-Chapel Hill- Carrboro Urban Area include I-40, I-85, and US 501 (Duke Street and Roxboro Road) --routes with 12-foot travel lanes currently operating at or greatly exceeding designed traffic capacity; and WHEREAS, the transport of 16-foot wide mobile/modular homes will significantly impede traffic in transport lanes and adjacent travel lanes, creating traffic delays, congestion and unsafe conditions; and WHEREAS, traffic congestion increases auto tailpipe emissions which are the major contributor to the area's ambient air quality standard violations and resulting non-attainment designation for ozone and carbon-monoxide; and WHEREAS, I-85 will be under continuous reconstruction for the next decade and beyond; and the transport of these homes through construction zones with concrete barriers and narrowed travel lanes will severely impede the flow of traffic, increase the probability of collisions, and endanger the safety and lives of the general motoring public; and WHEREAS, the proposed policy would prohibit the transport of these homes through construction zones and require detour routes along unspecified routes;