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1 <br />ORANGE - COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 22, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: DURHAM NORTHWEST & NORTHEAST LOOP CORRIDOR STUDY <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING <br />Action A da <br />Item <br />PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x —No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br />- 9 -24 -91 Memo from Marvin Collins Ext. 2589 <br />with attachments <br />- Map of existing land uses and <br />environmental constraints for <br />Orange County part of corridor <br />- Draft 10 -8 -91 PB Minutes <br />- Draft letter to NCDOT <br />recommending that Northwest Loop <br />be confined to Durham County <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Durham - 688 -7331 <br />Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 <br />PURPOSE: To formulate a recommendation to the N.C. Department <br />of Transportation ( NCDOT) on the location of the <br />proposed Northwest Loop lying in Orange county. <br />BACKGROUND: The Northwest /Northeast Loop (also known as Eno Drive) <br />was first delineated in the 1964 Durham Thoroughfare <br />Plan and has been retained in subsequent thoroughfare <br />plans. It would consist of a multi -lane roadway on <br />new and existing alignments. The western terminus <br />would interchange with I -85 approximately 1,000 feet <br />west of the Durham /Orange.County line and connect with <br />NC 751 at its intersection with US 70. It circles a <br />portion of the Durham urban area on the north and east <br />and ends along US 70 between Miami Boulevard and the <br />Durham /Wake County line. <br />The proposed project is needed to reduce existing <br />traffic congestion in and around the urban areas of <br />north and east Durham and increase the overall system <br />capacity of the existing traffic network based on <br />projected travel demand. The project is included in <br />the 1991 -97 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) <br />for right -of -way acquisition and construction after <br />1997. <br />NCDOT is in the first phase of a six -phase study. The <br />study will identify potential routes for the proposed <br />loop, including alternative corridor evaluations, <br />preliminary engineering, traffic analysis, and <br />environmental evaluations. Once these studies are <br />