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7.C. MOUNTAIN-TO-SEA TRAIL (MST) 862 863 Abigaile Pittman provided an update. The Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) 864 will give provide an update at the September 17, 2017 BOCC meeting. Marabeth Carr, DEAPR, said that it had not 865 yet been determined if there would be discussion at this meeting on routes, and that the County Manager would talk 866 to the BOCC to find the best time to discuss the routes. Ms. Pittman will provide any updates on the agenda as she 867 receives them. 868 869 7.D. ORANGE GROVE ROAD BRIDGE FENCING 870 871 Abigaile Pittman reported that $100,000 funding request was referred by the NC DOT Board of Transportation to Mr. 872 Trogden’s desk and was approved, for both sides of the bridge, from Statewide Contingency Funds. They are 873 currently in the design phase, bidding will start in October, and the estimated completion date is December 2017. 874 875 Alex Castro wanted to make a note that there was a letter to the editor in the Chapel Hill News by Amy Cole (former 876 member of Walkabout Hillsborough) about this bridge fence request. He asked if the Board could petition NCDOT to 877 request that they bring out the variable message signs for this project before the time change in November for safety 878 reasons. School children will be walking to and from school in the dark and the signs may help to alert drivers until 879 the fencing goes in. 880 881 Abigaile Pittman said that NCDOT may close down the bridge while the fencing is being installed. She had 882 previously been told that they will also close some lanes on the interstate during installation. 883 884 Alex Castro said that in the interim, the sign may help with safety as a stopgap measure. 885 886 Abigaile Pittman said that she could talk to NCDOT about putting up the sign. 887 888 Heidi Perry said that she wants to ask NCDOT to lower the speed limit in that area. There are School Zone signs on 889 both sides of the bridge but not a lower the speed limit. A lower speed limit could be incorporated with the bridge 890 fencing project. 891 892 Abigaile Pittman said that she will raise this issue with NCDOT again. She did note that there are criteria on how low 893 a speed limit can go on certain types of roads, and the last time she discussed this with NCDOT, there was not a 894 definitive answer, so she will ask again. 895 896 Heidi Perry said that she should talk to Dawn McPherson about this issue. She said that she would like to make a 897 motion to ask NCDOT to lower the speed limit on that School Zone area by the bridge. 898 899 Alex Castro said that he thought the speed limit was 40 miles per hour right now. 900 901 Ted Triebel asked what the speed limit would be lowered to. 902 903 Heidi Perry said that she thought it should be lowered to 30 miles per hour for the bridge, but thought it should match 904 the standard School Zone speed limit, since there are children walking across the bridge. 905 906 Ted Triebel said that School Zone speed limit signs specify the change of speed limit during certain times and days. 907 Does Ms. Perry want a standard speed limit sign, or a school sign? 908 909 Heidi Perry said that the signs stating the certain times would also work. 910 911 Jenn Sykes asked if the bridge is close enough to the school that it fits inside a School Zone. 912 913 Heidi Perry said that there are School Zone signs on either side of the bridge but no lower speed limit. 914 915 19