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Orange County & NCDOT Highway Luncheon <br />Division 7 and District 1 <br />July 12, 12:00 p.m. <br />d)Safety Issue: Too-brief signalization limiting traffic headed north/south on Nash <br />Street at its intersection with West King Street in west Hillsborough. (Tom Altieri, <br />NCDOT) <br />Tom Altieri explained that there are traffic issues that have been created by <br />people cutting through the neighborhoods possibly to avoid a long traffic signal at <br />West King Street and Nash Street. Traffic on Churton is an overarching issue <br />that affects motorists’ routes. Chuck Edwards stated that NCDOT would take a <br />look at the signal timing for the traffic light at this intersection. <br />e)Request for abandonment of State maintenance on SR 1734/Pickett Road, <br />adjacent to the Hollow Rock Park. (Chuck Edwards, NCDOT) <br />Chuck Edwards reviewed the history of the previous unsuccessful request to <br />close all or a portion of Pickett Road adjacent to Hollow Rock Park. Some of the <br />previous objections by citizens have now been addressed with the completed <br />improvements at Randolph and Erwin, including signage and a signal at <br />Randolph. Therefore, the proposal to close Pickett Road has been brought up <br />again by the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization <br />(DCHC MPO). Pat Wilson noted that Durham County Commissioner Reckhow <br />initiated it. <br />Chuck Edwards explained that NCDOT would first abandon maintenance and the <br />road would become a private road. Road closure would then be up to the <br />counties (Orange and Durham). Property owners would have to sign a document <br />stating their support. The road also falls within two NCDOT Districts. Road <br />closure would open the door to the physical closure of the road. Marabeth Carr <br />stated that only Phase 1 of the park has been completed to date, and that the <br />completion of the park would benefit from the closure. <br />Craig Benedict stated that this would be a double public hearing process. <br />Marabeth Carr added that previously mostof the concerned citizens were from <br />Durham County. Craig Benedict added that the DCHC MPO plan would also <br />have to be revised, in a coordinated process with the public outreach and <br />hearings. Commissioner Dorosin asked Craig Benedict to provide a summary of <br />the process and the major points for the BOCC (see Attachment 1). <br />f)2016-2017 Final State Budget allocations for the unpaved secondary road <br />program (Chuck Edwards, NCDOT) <br />Chuck Edwards explained that the budget allocations for the unpaved secondary <br />road program allocation for this fiscal year have been split in half. $6 million has <br />been allocated statewide, and $6 million has been split evenly to each division. <br />With this money, about a mile can be paved in each Division. The entire $12 <br />million can be used to pave about 20 miles of road statewide. The allocation has <br />been substantially reduced in the past few years for unpaved roads. In previous <br />25