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W <br />DRAFT 5 -16 -90 PH Minutes <br />5 <br />page 2 <br />Planning Board for a recommendation to be presented to the Board of <br />Commissioners no sooner than August 6, 1990. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />B. ORANGE COUNTY THOROUGHFARE PLAN <br />The existing Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan and applicable <br />portions of the proposed thoroughfare plans for the Durham - Chapel <br />Hill - Carrboro Urban Area and Alamance County urban Area have been merged <br />with a County - specific road classification system for the rural areas of <br />the County. The Transportation Advisory subcommittee expressed a <br />concern about the plan as it relates to the Hillsborough plan. To <br />alleviate the traffic congestion on Churton Road, it is proposed that <br />Elizabeth Brady Road Extension connect with St. Mary's Road. The TAS <br />identified several concerns with this proposal. The Eno River and its <br />floodplains cross this proposed road and a bridge would need to be <br />built. Also, the proposed road would come very close to some historic <br />properties as well as several established homes in that area. <br />The western bypass that extends from Coleman Loop Road to <br />U.S. 70 was another concern expressed by the TAS. The primary <br />consideration was potential water quality impacts on the upper Eno <br />Watershed. <br />The work done by Kimley Horn and Associates, the State and <br />the Town do not match up. The TAS requested that the classification be <br />consistent from one jurisdictional line to the next. Two concerns were <br />expressed about the Efland Interchange and I -85 widening which the <br />Commissioners passed a resolution on in March. Gene Bell mentioned that <br />there is some inconsistency in the Hillsborough Thoroughfare Plan as it <br />relates to Davis Road. Mr. Norwood from DOT stated that the section <br />from Orange Grove Road to Old 86 would be two lanes within a 100 -foot <br />right -of -way. The section from Old 86 to New 86 would eventually be <br />three lanes. <br />With reference to the Durham - Chapel Hill- Carrboro (DCHC) <br />plan, Gene Bell explained that the plan is based on existing land use <br />patterns and existing and future traffic flow. On this item the <br />Planning Staff recommended: <br />1) Adoption of the Orange County functional road <br />classification; <br />2) adoption of the DCHC Plan following Chapel Hill adoption, <br />provided that the Outer Loop is removed in its entirety <br />and there is a consistent classification applied to <br />Dairyland Road; <br />3) adoption of the Hillsborough Plan, provided that, there <br />is a re- assessment of the need for the Western By -Pass. There is a <br />consistent classification applied to High Rock Road, and <br />a recognition of the County Commissioners resolution of <br />March 5, 1990 concerning best management practices and <br />continued access under I -85 as part of the programed <br />improvements for I -85; and <br />contingent upon aaoreassessment of athecneedufor theaMattresslFactor <br />interchan a as e y Road <br />g xpressed by the Planning Board at their <br />