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DISTRIBUTED <br />boc G <br />1. G�•►k. <br />JAMES G. MARTIN <br />GOVERNOR <br />THOMAS J. HARRELSON <br />SECRETARY <br />e" 9ATZ <br />�C54 I� <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br />P.O. BOX 25201 <br />RALEIGH 27611 -5201 <br />September 10, 1991 <br />Mr. Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Chairman <br />Orange County Commissioner <br />106 East Margaret Lane <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />Dear Mr. Carey: <br />pR@ IEoe��.� <br />..6.99. I'U <br />�J <br />DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS <br />WILLIAM G. MARLEY. JR.. P.E. <br />STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR <br />SUBJECT: Durham Northwest Loop and Northeast Loop Corridor Study, State <br />Project No. 6.358001T, TIP No. R -2630 and R -2631, Durham and <br />Orange Counties <br />The Division of Highways, North Carolina Department of Transportation <br />(NCDOT), has retained the private engineering firm of H. W. Lochner, Inc. <br />to prepare a combined State Environmental Impact Statement /Corridor <br />Location Report on the proposed Durham Northwest Loop (R -2630) and <br />Northeast Loop (R -2631) which extends from 1--85 approximately 1000 feet <br />west of the Orange /Durham county line, circles a portion of the Durham <br />urban area on the north and east, and ends along US 70 between Miami <br />Boulevard and the Durham /Wake county line. The proposed improvements are <br />included in the 1991 -1997 Transportation Improvement Program for right of <br />way acquisition and construction post year 1997 for R -2630 and right of way <br />acquisition in fiscal year 1997 and construction post year 1997 for R -2631. <br />The purpose of this letter is to solicit comments and initiate <br />coordination for the project. The alternatives under consideration include <br />the "No- Build" or "Do- Nothing" Alternative, the Improve Existing Facilities <br />Alternative, the Transportation Systems Management Alternative, the Mass <br />Transit Alternative, and the Build Alternative. The Build Alternative will <br />consist of various multi -lane alternates on new location. The attached map <br />identifies the location of the study area. <br />Scope of Study <br />The scope of this study will include an investigation and evaluation <br />of existing and future demographic, social, economic, environmental, and <br />land use information as outlined in the latest State EIS procedures. <br />An FnuAI OnnnrtimifvfAffirmativo Artinn Fmnlnver <br />