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RECEIVED <br /> 3923 Stoneycreek Road 6 (c1 <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514 <br /> 919-732-8650 <br /> March 3, 1989 <br /> Dear Mr. Carey: <br /> We wish to go on record saying that we do not support the <br /> proposed change in the Orange County Land Use -Plan as proposed by <br /> University Associates. <br /> Our concerns include the possibility that a 10 year <br /> transition area would allow for high density housing, <br /> apartments, and shopping centers, when clearly this area is rural <br /> in character and is gradually but steadily being developed as it <br /> should be--rural residential. To plant a development of 600 to <br /> 800 units here will serve no one -but the developers, whose <br /> interest in Orange. County appears to us purely financial. <br /> Further, it would sorely affect the already threatened flora and <br /> fauna of Duke Forest and Stoneycreek that so many of us have <br /> spent a good deal time and effort trying to protect. <br /> Neither of us are civil engineers. But even we can see that <br /> the North Carolina DOT report indicating that New Hope Church <br /> Road and Old NC 10 could support substantially higher traffic <br /> volume flies in the face of common sense. Both roads are narrow <br /> and are poorly maintained. There are potholes all along each <br /> road now, and during the melting that occurred after the last <br /> snow storm, Old NC 10 was flooded to a depth of at least two feet <br /> under the railroad trestle south of Hillsborough. Additionally, <br /> the "5" curve under that trestle is hazardous even in the best <br /> daylight weather. At night and during inclement weather, it is <br /> treacherous. Finally, bicyclists frequently use those roads. <br /> Substantially more automobile (and truck) traffic will greatly <br /> increase .the danger to them and to motorists attempting to <br /> maneuver around them. <br /> Clearly, widening those roads would be necessary but would, <br /> in the case of New Hope Church road, drive a spike (some would <br /> say a coffin nail) into the northeastern portion of the Rural <br /> Buffer. We dislike being labeled "anti-development," because we <br /> do support the right kind of development for a particular <br /> environment. But the so-called "University" (who are they trying <br /> to kid?) Associates development is NOT the right kind for our <br /> area. <br /> Please leave the classification "Rural Residential." <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Carmine and Elizabeth Prioli <br />