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First, the County endorses the deletion from the TIP by <br />both Chapel Hill and Carrboro of construction requests for <br />their respective sections of the Laurel Hill Parkway. These <br />roads go through environmentally sensitive areas and should <br />not be constructed. <br />Second, the County endorses the deletion by Chapel Hill <br />of a request for the widening of US 15 -501 south of Chapel <br />Hill from Mt. Carmel Church Road /Fordham Boulevard to the <br />Chatham County line. The County opposes the widening of this <br />section of 15 -501 unless a southern connector road is built <br />between US 15 -501 and 1 -40 to handle traffic between Chatham <br />County and destinations in the Research Triangle Park and <br />Durham. Recognizing that these roads cross county and DOT <br />district lines, the Commissioners encourage continued, and <br />greater, coordination of transportation planning at the <br />county, municipal, district and Metropolitan Planning <br />Organization level. However, until such planning is done to <br />handle regional traffic, Orange County cannot endorse the <br />widening of roads from the south, such as US 15 -501 and SR <br />1008 (Mt. Carmel Church Road), because it would result in <br />increased traffic funnelled through southern Orange County to <br />ultimate destinations in the Research Triangle Park and other <br />locations to the east. In the interim, the County can only <br />endorse the bikeway and /or safety projects proposed along <br />these roads. Thank you for your consideration of these <br />requests. <br />Submitted this 17th day of April, 1991 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />�BH'VLP w <br />ses Carey, Jr. <br />