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Orange County & NCDOT Highway Division 7 and District 1 Meeting November 19, 2012 12:00 p.m. 23 location of commercial nodes. The project presents an opportunity for revisiting the plan. III. DISCUSSIONS a. Proposed rail crossing closures with the NC Railroad /Norfolk Southern Railway (Abigaile Pittman) Notes: As part of the North Carolina State Clearinghouse Intergovernmental Review process, the Planning and Inspections Department received a solicitation for scoping comments from the NCDOT with regard to the proposed private crossing closures with the North Carolina (NCRR) /Norfolk Southern (NS) Railway crossings at Gordon Thomas Drive, Greenbriar Drive, and Byrdsville Road in Orange County. Abigaile Pittman and Craig Benedict gave a brief overview of the issues associated with the proposed crossing closures. Orange County's comment letter was mailed to the NCDOT Rail Division on November 5, 2012. Chuck Edwards stated that he had seen a copy of the County's comment letter and that his office concurred with the County's primary concerns. Chuck Edwards, Craig Benedict and Bernadette Pelissier mutually agreed that the proposed Byrdsville Road crossing closure was the most problematic of the three. Margaret Hauth explained that the three proposed closing were not in Hillsborough's jurisdiction so they did not comment. Craig Benedict, Tom Altieri and Abigaile Pittman all spoke about the need to consider the larger economic development impacts of the proposed Greenbriar Drive closing as it was located in the Eno EDD. Craig Benedict stated that it would also be best to consider all (future) proposed crossing closures to address planning concerns in a comprehensive manner. Craig Benedict queried NCDOT officials present about the best way to make the County's concerns known and interact to find alternative solutions. Mike Mills stated that they have been notified internally that there would be a public meeting on January 7th from 5:00 p.m. — 7:00 p.m. at Murphy School regarding the proposed Byrdsville closing. Bernadette Pelissier asked NCDOT officials about the notice that they would provide to impacted property owners. Mike Mills responded that he believed that it would be 30 days' notice both by mail and with an ad in the newspaper. Comments were made around the table that many of the people living in the impacted Byrdsville area may not be property owners and therefore might not be notified of the meeting or proposed project. Mike Mills said that they could see if NCDOT could hang notices on each individual door. 2 Return to Agenda