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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 6, 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: Duke Forest Parking Restrictions <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: Yes _x_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> County Engineer, Ext. 2300 <br /> Report <br /> Duke U. letter to NCDOT TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> News media articles Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To provide the BOCC with information, as requested by <br /> Commissioner Willhoit, related to NCDOT' s decisions <br /> restricting parking along the section of Whitfield Road <br /> adjacent to the trail entrances of the Korestan section of <br /> Duke Forest. <br /> BACKGROUND: In July of this year, NCDOT installed "No Parking" signs <br /> along the shoulders of sections of Whitfield Road adjacent <br /> to the Korestan section of Duke Forest. The roadway <br /> shoulders in this area have been traditionally used for <br /> parking by visitors, hikers, etc. , accessing several trails <br /> through this section of the forest. DOT's decision to <br /> prohibit parking has inconvenienced and irritated a number <br /> of individuals who had used the parking when visiting Duke <br /> Forest. Some of these individuals became involved in an <br /> effort to convince DOT to allow the on-shoulder parking to <br /> continue. In response to their efforts, DOT has decided to <br /> allow continued on-shoulder parking on the side of <br /> Whitfield Road adjacent to the forest and to prohibit <br /> parking along the opposite shoulder. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board receive the <br /> report as information. <br />