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GRANGE COUN'T'Y COMMISSIONERS Doom No. 12 I06 EAST UARGA.RUr IANU MLz_sSoIt0UGH. N_C. 27278 RICHARD WftC[rro.Cbmr.n�r WORMANf WALKIM No"LkN GVSTAVE50H r]ONALD WILLHOCC ANNIZ BARNES February 15, 1979 Mr. Thomas �A. Bradshaw, Jr. Secretary Department of Transportation P. 0. Box 25201 Raleigh, NC 27611 Dear 4h:-8rad_shaw_; Much has been said recently about a proposed Southern By-Pass around Chapel Hill. Much also has been said about an alleged arrangement between the Department of Transportation and the Mayor of Chapel Hill, which goes something like this: Chapel Hill withdraws from the I-40 lawsuit, the Department of Transportation agrees to build the Southern By-Pass and uses its influence in the General Assembly to help the Town get extended planning ,jurisdiction beyond that which the County Commissioners recently approved. Enclosed is a recent newspaper report as background for this suggested scenario. The Orange County Commissioners would regard the State Department of Transportation's involving itself in a county extraterritorial planning matter highly inappropriate. It could also be interpreted as an affront to Boards of County Commissioners throughout the State, and particularly to the Orange County Board and the people it represents. It is unfortunate that this local planning extension issue, and your association with it, has been tied to the Southern By-Pass proposal . It is also regrettable that the Board of Commissioners has not been included in the DDT- UNC-Chapel Hill planning sessions even though your proposed corridor lies entirely outside the corporate limits of any municipality. Should the Commissioners assume at this point that DOT has no interest in Orange County's involvement regarding the By-Pass proposal?