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35 <br /> from Occoneechee Mountain to the Alamance County line in the southwestern <br /> corner of the county. Staff's effort to identify the proposed Segment 11 route <br /> shown on the attached map focused on: <br /> • Staying as close as practical to the MST Master Plan corridor (swath) <br /> • Looking for natural features that the trail might follow, where possible <br /> • Trying to route the proposed trail on larger, undeveloped parcels of land, <br /> and staying away from existing homes —where this was possible, and <br /> • For the OWASA-owned land around Cane Creek, using the OWASA <br /> Board approved conditions to guide routing choices <br /> The result, which is shown as the "Proposed Trail" on the following map, may be <br /> described in narrative form as taking the following general route: <br /> • From Occoneechee Mountain, west along the edge of private properties <br /> and the 1-85/1-40 interchange to Dimmocks Mill Road <br /> • South on Dimmocks Mill Road, crossing over the bridge spanning 1-85/1-40 <br /> • West across private property into the Moorefields historic site and the <br /> County's future Seven Mile Creek Nature Park (part of the Upper Eno <br /> Preserve), and traveling through the nature preserve before existing south <br /> • South through a large undeveloped property and then across and on the <br /> edge of several other undeveloped parcels to Borland Road <br /> • From Borland Road, following the edge of private property and accessing <br /> County-owned land before following the western side of Cane Creek on <br /> private property heading south to Bradshaw Quarry Road <br /> • Crossing Bradshaw Quarry Road, the proposed trail continues along Cane <br /> Creek and enters OWASA-owned land near the northern tip of Cane <br /> Creek Reservoir <br /> • The proposed trail then follows previously-reconnoitered possible trail on <br /> OWASA land near the Cane Creek Reservoir, before heading west toward <br /> the northern part of Apple Mill Road <br /> • Crossing along the edge of private properties, the proposed route <br /> continues west and then runs for a segment on Bradshaw Quarry Road <br /> before re-entering OWASA-owned land along the southwest side of the <br /> reservoir and thence to NC 54, and <br /> • Finally, the proposed trail would continue west on NC 54 to the <br /> intersection at Oaks, and thence would cross NC 54 and continue along <br /> Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Road to Alamance County (headed <br /> toward Saxaphahaw) <br /> 3 <br />