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OR AN G E C O US T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date May 16, 1900 <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSED ORANGE COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLAN <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # 1. b <br />PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br />- Proposed Thoroughfare Plan Map <br />- March 14, 1990 TAS Minutes <br />- See Separate Packet of Supporting <br />Documentation <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />..PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on the proposed Orange <br />County Thoroughfare Plan. The existing Hillsborough <br />Thoroughfare Plan and applicable portions of the <br />proposed thoroughfare plans for the Durham - Chapel <br />Hill- Carrboro Urban Area and Alamance County Urban <br />Area have been merged with a County- specific road <br />classification system for the rural areas of the <br />County. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1987, the Town of Hillsborough appointed a study <br />committee to work with a representative of NCDOT to <br />develop a thoroughfare plan for the town. A plan was <br />developed and adopted in the fall of 1987 by the town <br />and State Board of Transportation. In that a <br />substantial portion of the area encompassed by the <br />plan was in County planning jurisdiction, the County <br />was asked to adopt the plan too. <br />The County declined to adopt the plan, citing a desire <br />to see a coordinated plan for the entire County. At <br />that time, the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro (DCHC) <br />Thoroughfare Plan was in the formative stages and <br />NCDOT had been requested to provide assistance to <br />Orange County in developing a plan for the rural areas <br />of the County. <br />In the spring of 1988 the Draft DCHC Plan went through <br />the first round of public hearings. A public hearing <br />W <br />