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January 28, 1991 Orange County Commissioners PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Members: In the proposed widening of 54 West, my concerns are: 47 vI I) More traffic taking a short cut from.185 to 40. I have lived on 54 for 24 years. I know that the tractor trailers run this road all the tame. If you approve this preposal, that traffic will double or triple in no time. 1I) By reducing the speed limit to 45 on the existing highway from 185 to Chapel Hill, this would induce people to continue down I85 until they reached 40. III) We have worked very hard on our home and yard for the last 24 years. In 1970, when the highway was widen, we gladly signed the papers - because there was a great need for that improvement. We saw this and gladly practicaly gave our land for this improvement. But now, if my calculations are right, we would have to give up our home. We are dead set again this. Our plan was to live in our home until we die and then pass it down to our children. You say with us having a 10 acre plot, we could relocate our home. I do not think that Orange County would allow this because of the health department. So we would have a useless lot on our hands. This year, our assessed tax value is $100,753.00. IV) Our daughter has an acre lot but her septic system is on our land. The proposed widening of the highway would take the system. What would happen to her? She had wanted to add a bedroom to her system last year and Orange County wouldn't allow this. She is a single parent and barely making end's meet. How cruel to uproot two small children from their home. V) Our grandchildren meet the school bus on Highway 54. If the proposed widening takes place with a medium, the safety of meeting the school bus is greatly reduced. Even now cars coming from the opposite direction do not want to stop for the bus. We are two families that are against this proposal. Sincerely, Mr. & Mrs Charles E. Mauer Linda F. Binder