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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENI <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. Zr <br /> MEETING DATE NOVEMBER T 1983 <br /> SUBJECT:: REVISION TO THE 1983-84 SECONDARY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM <br /> -------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES X NO <br /> . . . <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : 10/19/83 letter from INFORMATION CONTACT: SUSAN SMITH <br /> DOT EXT. 349 <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: HILLSBOROUGH - 732-8181 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH - 732-9361 <br /> CHAPEL HILL - 967-9251 <br /> MEBANE - 227-2031 <br /> DURHAM - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the requested change to the 1983-84 Secondary Road Improvements <br /> Program. <br /> NEED: The 19!83-84 Secondary Road Improvements Program approvedeby the Board- <br /> of Transportation included an allocation for widening and strengthening <br /> Erwin Road SR 1734. Due to a proposed development along the road <br /> whieb is subject to the requirement that the developer widen and <br /> curb and gutter the road, the Department of Transportation requested that <br /> the fUnds allocated be deleted from this year's improbvpmett_program and <br /> transferred to Old NC 10(SR 1710)to address the poor road condition <br /> resuling from the industrial truck traffic generated by the concrete <br /> plant. <br /> NCDOT 'officials had received numerous complaints about the condition of t <br /> road during the year and had determined Old NC 10 to be a good Candidate <br /> improvement. NCDOT allocation of funds for road improvements to paved ro. <br /> based on need not priority; therefore, when the Erwin Road allocation beci <br /> available and corresponded with the funding needs for Old NC 10, DOT recd <br /> the funding transfer to Old NC 10. <br /> IMPACT: The approval of the request would result in the transfer of the $26,000 <br /> appropriation from Erwin Road to Old NC a0. <br /> Utili4tion of the funds for improvement of Old NC 10 would substantially <br /> addreSs the concerns of the local residents and users of Old NC 10 about <br /> road damage due to the trucking activities associated with the concrete <br /> plant' <br />