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4 MEMORANDUM TO: John Link, County Ma age FROM: Marvin Collins, Planning Director SUBJECT: Durham Northwest & Northeast Loop Corridor Study DATE: September 24, 1991 COPIES: Gene Bell, Planner III This memorandum is provided in response to your inquiry of September 19, 1991 [copy attached]. Attached is a citizens informational brochure regarding the above mentioned project. Gene Bell obtained a copy at a workshop conducted on September 18. The project will provide an expressway type facility through the northern and western portions of the Durham urbanized area, linking 1--85 west of the city with US 70 on the southeast. According to the FY 1990 -96 NCDOT Transportation Improvement Program, the primary purpose of the loop road is to relieve urban traffic congestion [TIP information attached]. Note that NCDOT is in the first phase of a six -phase study. The project will identify potential routes for the proposed loop road, including alternative corridor evaluations, preliminary engineering, traffic analysis, and environmental evaluations. Once these studies are complete, a draft Environmental Impact Statement will be produced, and a Corridor Location Public Hearing will be held. Following the hearing, final selection of a preferred alternative will be made, and a final Environmental Impact Statement will be prepared. This will complete the planning process, and, if a "build" alternative is selected for implementation, the design process will commence. In terms of schedule, the following dates were identified in the informational brochure: Fall, 1991 Development of preliminary corridors /public workshops Winter, 1991 Engineering designs /environmental determinations completed Spring, 1992 Public workshops Summer, 1992 Technical reports completed Spring, 1993 Draft EIS completed /Corridor Location Public Hearing conducted