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New Hope Carâ–ºidor Open Space MaMr Plan <br />Road Construction and Use <br />Road construction and use have a direct impact on areas that should remain natural. <br />The Committee recommends the following related to plans for three existing or <br />possible highway proposals that could affect the corridor. <br />1. NC 751 from Erwin Road north to the Railroad <br />The present treatment of this portion of NC 751 should be maintained. NC 751 <br />serves as a limited access highway because of Duke University's policies <br />concerning the Forest and, as such, has a high traffic - carrying capacity. This <br />Part of the road should not be widened. Allowing vegetation, particularly trees <br />and shrubs, to grow close to the ditch line would help maintain and enhance the <br />utility of the road as a parkway and, at the same time, not diminish its traffic <br />capacity. <br />2. Erwin Road Between Weaver Dairy Road and NC 751 <br />This portion of Erwin Road, the western boundary of much of the corridor, is <br />used and increasingly will be used as an alternate route to the Chapel Hill - <br />Durham Boulevard. Although such alternate use probably cannot be prevented, <br />any temptation to make it easier to use this portion of Erwin Road as an <br />alternate route should be resisted. Specifically, the road should not be widened <br />along this area. Making it a high capacity, two-lane road would do great <br />damage to its lovely, rural character, which makes it a significant asset to the <br />corridor and the whole urban area. <br />3. Chapel Hill-Durham Boulevard Interchange <br />If a new Chapel Hill- Durham Boulevard interchange is included in the <br />forthcoming thoroughfare plan, any proposed road between Chapel Hill Road <br />and the Boulevard should be located away from the steep slopes that border the <br />creek in that area. Further,. any interchange with the Boulevard should be <br />located and planned so as to avoid the steep slopes and accompanying ravines. <br />Finally, the Boulevard interchange design should not include a direct connection <br />to Mt. Moriah Church Road or Erwin Road. <br />10 <br />