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DISTRIBUTED 4'x:7 Hwy 54W Chape.1 Hill, NC 7`16 February 2, 1991 54 Dear Chairman Carey: li)rY wnl11;J lira to go on record as be ni g against. the E =r :roaal `. make Highway 54W a four lane road. We have lived on Hwy 54 since 196,8 and witnessed the changes that the former widening proauced. For us, the most devastatir:,� change resulted form a reroutine of drainage water in our area from both sides of 54 to the south side. Thus the i Rhino- k,ilt's _cit t_ ; W'1tr.r draining of �.:ZC 11:i�'�^'r'Tw��L ;S �L]rr �C :��. �Ji lies iltiori17i3 lo-t and otddltio -,al large but IlorC p'JrnL;ti .rea.s prI the n�rt.] side is shLlnted to a shall creek on the south side Mich ro;.�es our property. Ancther d�,ainage ditch annin:g Lack line Of =,ur property also carries water fr -:n the north side tc, our creek which ultimately drains into Mc:rg.an 'reek. Needless t. L7�Yr, the volume .-)f water handlW'j by our creek has greatly increased cauaing flooding and occasionally washing cut the private road which serves _is and five ,other fair ilwes . Other severe erosion caused by this f loOdir _T has resulted in the, loss of Dur gard?ns., iawns (albeit temporary* but rE-quiring rp'.-�uii.lin . ;,, an_i fruit trees. We have seen Highway 54 c`,ar.ge from a rough, lightly traifi, -4:.e country road to a broad thoroughfare that is the primary lint= to Burlingt -on, (3raham, Green =:boro and points west. 1t now carries huge volumes of high -speed traffic producing increased exha-lYt emisTi or.- and an amazing amount of noise �A]ra`.eurs in : r,it'ao' ogy, we have difficulty hearing the birds.) We deplore these highly undesirable changes brought about by the previous widening of Highway 54. We can only believe that the pro- posed project to add two lanes to this highway would significantly worsen these environmental problems and would very likely prc:)duce other nesat.ive effects. We are -trongly opposed to this project and, hope that it will never be enacted. We much prefer that the state develops a mass transit system connecting significant North Carolina areas; of population. Sincerely. yours a1. Keller e ? {.11cr