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ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA REQUEST TO <br />ORANGE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION <br />Homestead Road/Ropers Road Sidewalks <br />For Safe Pedestrian Access for Students <br />Project Name: <br />Homestead Road/Rogers Road Sidewalks For Safe Pedestrian <br />Access for Students <br />Organization or Entity making request: <br />Orange County Government <br />Orange County, North Carolina <br />Organization Contact (include name, position, addresses and phone <br />numbers): <br />Moses Carey, Jr„ Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />203 Simerville Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517 <br />H - (919) 929-8513 W - (919) 933-8494 <br />Email: mcarey1(c~i.mindsprinq.com <br />Barry Jacobs, Vice Chair, Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />2105 Moorefields Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />H - (919) 732-4384 W - (919) 732-4941 <br />Email: barry.iCa?mindspring.com <br />John Link, County Manager, Orange County, North Carolina <br />200 South Cameron St., PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919)245-2300 <br />Email: ilink a(~co.oran eq nc.us <br />Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner, Orange County, NG <br />PO Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />(919) 245-2575 <br />Email: klincoln co.orange.nc.us <br />Brief description of project to be funded: <br />Acquisition of 10 feet of right-of-way for, and construction of, a <br />sidewalk along Homestead Road from High School Road to Rogers <br />Road (approximately 1,700 ft.) and construction of a sidewalk on <br />Rogers Road from Homestead Road to an existing sidewalk <br />(approximately 100 ft,). <br />Although the sidewalk could possibly fit within the existing right-of- <br />way, it is desirable to construct it in a location such that it will not be <br />necessary to remove and rebuild the sidewalk in the future. Local <br />jurisdictions have requested that Transportation Improvement <br />Program project U-2805, to widen Homestead Road, include bicycle <br />lanes and pedestrian facilities. That project is currently unfunded, <br />