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New (lope Corridor Open Space Mailer Plmt summarized in Appendix E, is available at the planning departments of the participating jurisdictions. In October 1989, an Advisory Committee was appointed. Membership included representatives from each jurisdiction and four at -large members. At the first meeting of the Committee in November 1989, the Consultant presented maps and a written report describing the environmental and cultural makeup of the New Hope corridor. In February 1990, the Committee held its first public meeting, to explain to interested citizens the Master Plan project and to receive comments and suggestions from the public. In March 1990, the Committee formalized its goals and the Consultant prepared the first draft of the Master Plan. Extensive discussions of the draft Master Plan took place. Numerous modifications were made. A revised and refined plan was presented at a second public meeting in August 1990. Comments received at that time have been incorporated into this version of the Master Plan. C. Location and Description of the New Hope Corridor The New Hope Corridor Plan includes the course of New Hope Creek to Erwin Road and extends north to the Eno River State Park along other creeks and roads. The Vicinity Map (page 18) illustrates the area incorporated into the corridor. New Hope Creek is located centrally in the Research Triangle region. The cities of Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Burlington, and Greensboro, North Carolina, and Danville, Virginia, are located within a 50 -mile radius of the corridor. New Hope Creek rises in central Orange County, just west of Orange Grove Road. It flows eastward as a small stream through farmed and wooded lands, supplemented by tributaries and intermittent drainageways as it proceeds. It crosses under Interstate 40 about one mile south of the New Hope Church Road interchange. The Creek then flows under NC 86, into suburban land in the Chapel Hill-Orange County Joint Planning Area. By the time it enters the Korstian Division of Duke Forest, New Hope Creek has cut a valley between 60 and 80 feet deep through the hard Orange County rock. Just above its crossing of Erwin Road, New Hope Creek flows out of the narrow valley it carves through the Carolina Slate Belt, and into the broader floodplains formed in the softer sediments of the Triassic Basin in southwest Durham County. Mud Creek, which flows south from the Durham Division of Duke Forest, and Dry Creek, which flows from Chapel Hill, join the New Hope in the vicinity of US 17