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3 136 _ approved. The letter also notified the applicant of the need to construct right and left turns on Mt. Sinai Road. Augus.t 25, 19$7 : NCDOT notified the Planning Department that it no longer recommended a left turn lane on Mt. Sinai Road. It cited lack of a dedicated right-of-way and insufficient road frontage for Piney Mountain subdivision on Mt. Sinai Road as reasons for the change in recommendation. The following were instead recommended : 1 . One hundred ( 100) foot right turn taper on SR 1718. 2. Increase dedicated right-of-way to forty (40 ) feet from centerline for future road expansion. 3. Increase driveway width to thirty-six (36) feet to accommodate three (3) twelve ( 12) foot lanes. October 5_, 1987 : NCDOT notified the Planning Department that the thirty-six foot wide driveway into Piney Mountain subdivision was no longer required. The applicant had submitted a revised subdivision entrance eliminating the divided driveway. Without the divided driveway, the thirty-six foot width was no longer needed. Dctober 5, 19871 NCDOT notified the project engineer that construction plans for Phase I of Piney Mountain were approved with two revisions: 1 . Increase pipe size at station 3+45+ to thirty (30 ) inches. 2. Provide a dedicated 10 'x70 ' sight distance triangle at each intersection within the development. The original Planning Staff recommendation was based on the July 16, 1987 NCDOT letter. The Planning Board, at its July 20 meeting, revised that recommendation by requiring con- struction of the left turn lane on Mt. Sinai Road as part of Phase One. The recommendation was approved by the Board of Commissioners at its August 18 meeting. The letter from NCDOT changing its recommendation with regards to the left turn lane was received nine days later. The entrance plan that accompanied the NCDOT