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045 MG3 /11F7' 11 <br /> sinless a safety hazard is created . <br /> Pont 13, amend to read : <br /> When a single common drive is required for <br /> adjoining lots, it will be located on the <br /> property line common to the two lots. <br /> MOTION: Best moved approval as amended. Seconded by <br /> Margison. <br /> VOTE : Unanimous. <br /> AGENDA ITEM #10 : PLANNING BOARD ITEMS <br /> a . RFP - Open Space Plan <br /> b. Courtesy Review - Oakdale Woods Condominimums <br /> (Town of Hillsborough ) <br /> c. Homestead Road Widening - Bike Lanes <br /> Presentation by Greg Szymik . <br /> At its August 17, 1987 meeting, the Planning <br /> Board recommended to the Board of <br /> Commissioners that NCDOT incorporate a bicycle <br /> lane Into the proposed widening of Homestead <br /> Road. In the minutes of that meeting, <br /> Homestead Road was referenced as being widened <br /> by five (5) feet, an action inconsistent with <br /> the 1987-1988 Secondary Roads Improvement <br /> Program. In that program, the project is <br /> described as a two (2) foot widening. NCDOT <br /> has verified the total widening to be two (2) <br /> feet, not two (2) per lane. - <br /> Homestead Road is presently 18 feet wide. The <br /> proposed widening would provide 20 feet of <br /> pavement for 2-10 foot lanes. The recommended <br /> or " ideal " lane width is 12 feet. Homestead <br /> Road, even after widening, will not have <br /> sufficient width to incorporate a bike lane as <br /> previously recommended by the Planning Board. <br /> Planning Staff recommends that the Planning <br /> Board recommend to the Board of Commissioners <br /> that NCDOT Secondary Road Improvement projects <br /> in urbanized areas be designed to include <br /> provisions for bicycle use; i .e. , that bicycle <br /> lanes of at least 3.5 feet in width be <br /> installed as part of any widening project. <br />