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PATENT AT—iORNET <br /> 8 6 OLNE <br /> 5001 m EmO Pia:» 1TFaECT <br /> MCHAR© S. FAUST P057 OFFeCE BOX 20 9 <br /> DURHAM. NORTIT CA)RULI-SA 2TYU.'. <br /> TCi.CaHONF <br /> pa':CN7.TRAOENQRn COPYr 1GHT PRACT�CE as B•973-e <br /> September 1 , 1977 <br /> TO : The Hon rable Members of the North Carolina <br /> Board o Transportation <br /> Re : Propose Routing of :interstate-40 Tn Orange County , <br /> idorth C rolina <br /> Gentlemen : <br /> You are scheduled to meet in High Point, North Carolina on <br /> September 9 1977 and your agenda includes a discussion of Department <br /> of Transpor anion staff recommendations for routing of a proposed <br /> new segment of Interstate-40 connecting the Research Triangle Park <br /> and e xist in Interstate-85 west of Durham" This letter is written <br /> in referent to such meeting and specifically in reference to this <br /> item includ d on your agenda. <br /> I write in evexal capacities. First, by joint appointment of the <br /> Mayor of Chipel Hill and by the Chairman of the Board of Coumiissioner: <br /> of Orange County, I write as Orange County Coordinator for Government. <br /> Group and I dividual Opposition to 140 routing in Orange County. <br /> Secondly , I write as a former Adjunct Professor of Duke University <br /> and as a pe son who has almost continuously for over ten years worked <br /> to protect he educational and research interests associated with the <br /> Duke Forest research area now threatened by various proposed I-40 <br /> routings in in Orange County, Finally , I write as an individual vitally <br /> interested good government and in wise environmental choices of th <br /> kind associ ted with routing of I-40. <br /> I also writ in the context of an environment in which a Federal. <br /> Agency (CIA has predicted a dire car fuel shortage by 1982, 1111merou <br /> other studi s support such prediction, Additionally, I write in the <br /> context of his State facing an increasing water shortage whose impac <br /> is directly related to highway planning. <br /> In sum and ubstance, I urge and recommend the following for your <br /> considerati, n: <br /> 1. T at you cancel. from your September 9 agenda. and defer for <br /> t e moment any discussion of I-40 routing for reasons <br /> h reafter set forth. <br /> 2 . D rect and order the Department of Transportation to immediat: <br /> 1 dertake an in-depth study of the energy crisis , the CIA <br /> e�ergy study, automotive fuel. supplies and related question <br /> and bring back to the Board its findings and recommendation <br /> a the following areas : <br />