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New Rope Corridor Open Space Mawr Plan <br />loop trail. Sandy Creek is indicated on the Durham Urban Trails and Greenways <br />Master Plan as a Greenway Trail. <br />Recommendations for the Protection and Use of Component 3: <br />• Establish a bike and pedestrian trail from New Hope Creek to the vicinity of <br />Duke University West Campus. This trail should begin just north of Chapel <br />Hill - Durham Boulevard (see Component 4), follow an easement along the <br />Boulevard property line of Oak Creek Village shopping center and across Garrett <br />Road. It would proceed eastward along the service road to Sandy Creek, then <br />across the City-owned land, which should be designated as open space and <br />recreational land. (An alternative route for the trail would be from Mud Creek <br />through Garrett Farms, across Garrett Road by Cresset School to City-owned <br />land on Sandy Creek.) The trail then should proceed north across Pickett Road, <br />behind residential areas of Colony Hill and Colony Park, and then to Cornwallis <br />Road. Between US 15 -501 Bypass and the golf course, the trail either could <br />follow the edge of the highway right -of -way or could link into a pathway that <br />has been established beside the golf course. At NC 751, the trail would arrive <br />at the entrance to Duke University described under Component 9. <br />• Protect the entire 100 -year floodplain. <br />• Improve the existing nature trail east of the main trail. <br />3S <br />