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OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 7 1991 <br />1 <br />Action Agenda <br />Items -B <br />SUBJECT: PETITION FOR ABANDONMENT - PORTION OF GIBBS LANE IN ENO <br />TOWNSHIP <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />E.M. Cowan letter of 8/21/91 <br />Secondary Road Abandonment <br />Report <br />Vicinity Map <br />Petition <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk <br />Extension 2582 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a petition from NCDOT for approval of the <br />abandonment of a portion of Gibbs Lane (SR 1564) from <br />the State- maintained Secondary Road System. <br />BACKGROUND: The N.C. Department of Transportation has submitted a <br />petition for the abandonment of approximately 264 feet <br />of maintenance at the end of Gibbs Lane. Gibbs Lane <br />is scheduled for paving in the 1991 -92 construction <br />program with a cul -de -sac as shown on the attached <br />map. The cul -de -sac would be provided on the Wanda <br />Brandt and Benjamin Bradsher properties. <br />There are several reasons for abandoning this section <br />of maintenance. First, homeowners at the end of Gibbs <br />Lane have petitioned for this portion of the road to <br />be abandoned (attached). Secondly, there is a well <br />next to the road which would prohibit additional <br />grading. Thirdly, the proposed cul -de -sac would <br />provide school bus and emergency vehicles a turnaround <br />which is not presently available. The Planning Staff <br />would therefore recommend this section of maintenance <br />be abandoned by the State. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the <br />abandonment of maintenance on this portion of Gibbs <br />Lane in Eno Township. <br />