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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 9, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. Q -G SUBJECT: Proposed Orange County Section of the NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT Map of Proposed MST Routes Town of Hillsborough Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stancil, 245-2590 Rich Shaw, 245-2591 PURPOSE: To consider the possibility of a section of the NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail being planned through Orange County. BACKGROUND: North Carolina's Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is planned for a nearly 1,000-mile route from Glingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Jockey's Ridge State Park by the Atlantic Ocean, As planned, the trail would pass through 37 counties, including in the Piedmont (from west to east) Guildford, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Granville, and Wake counties, The MST is currently a combination of old foot trails (some centuries old), trails constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and by more recent outdoor groups such as the Carolina Mountain Club, Many miles through the center of the state follow the road shoulders of bicycle trail routes, In 2002, there were about 530 miles of the MST on foot trails and about 445 miles on back roads, The State of North Carolina is currently working with the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, lacal governments, land trusts and other entities to identify a preferred MST corridor through Orange and Alamance counties. In October 2005, representatives from Orange and Alamance counties met with the State Trails Coordinator (Darrell McBane) in Hillsborough to discuss potential MST alignment alternatives. A second workshop is scheduled for February 3, Participants from Orange, Alamance and Chatham counties will use base maps and base data to identify potential routes and to build consensus for a primary MST trail alignment and also some alternative or secondary trail routes, A map showing the more promising alternatives is attached.