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- - -- - <br /> A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE DESIGNATION OF U. S . 15- 501 BETWEEN <br /> U . S . 64 AND 1-85 AS A ROUTE FOR TANDEM TRAILERS <br /> WHEREAS , U . S . 15-501 is a two-lane road which currently carries <br /> more than 8 ,500 vehicles a day, representing 91% of <br /> the road ' s design capacity of 9 ,500 , particularly in <br /> the area between Chapel Hill and the Orange-Chatham <br /> County line ; and , <br /> WHEREAS , Tandem truck trailers would not be able to maintain <br /> adequate speeds up steep grads , and , on a two-lane <br /> rd <br /> ad such as 15-501 , it is to be expected that such <br /> triaffic would result in increased danger to those <br /> persons using that highway; and , <br /> WHEREAS , Tandem truck trailers , because of their greater weight , <br /> can be expected to severely damage the roadbeds which <br /> are essential to the traffic carrying capacity of <br /> our road network ; and , <br /> WHEREAS , The North Carolina Department of Transportation did <br /> on April 22 , 1983 , request that U. S . 15-501 between <br /> U . S . 64 in Pittsboro and 1-85 in Durham be added to <br /> the routes in North Carolina designated by the Fed- <br /> er, 1 Highway Administration as authorized to carry <br /> tandem trailers . <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED , that we , the Orange County Board <br /> of Commissiopers , acting on behalf of the safety and welfare <br /> of the citizens of Orange County do oppose the addition of U .S . <br /> 15-501 to that list of orads authorized for tandem trailers . <br /> AND , BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we do request the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation withdraw U . S . 15-501 between U .S . <br /> 64 in Pittsboro and 1-85 in Durham from its list of fifteen <br /> ( 15 ) additioPal such roads in North Carolina . <br /> THIS , the 17th day of May, 1983 . <br /> , Richard E. Whitted, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />