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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2004 <br />Action Agenda) <br />Item No. �I_ <br />SUBJECT: Petitions for Addition to the NC Secondary Road System <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) ON <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />Vicinity Maps for: Nichols Place Subdivision <br />Kerlington Subdivision <br />Woodbrooke Subdivision <br />Petition Letters & Secondary Road Addition <br />Investigation Reports for Nichols Drive, Maggie <br />Lane, Pascal Way, and Meadow Lane Extension <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane (336)227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider three petitions to add subdivision roads to the State - maintained <br />Secondary Road System. <br />BACKGROUND: Nichols Place Subdivision: Residents of Nichols Drive (6 homes) and Maggie <br />Lane (5 homes) have petitioned the North Carolina Department of Transportation ( NCDOT) to <br />accept maintenance responsibilities for those roads. Both roads are located in Nichols Plane <br />subdivision off the east side of NC 57 approximately 1.3 miles north of Caldwell, Little River <br />Township. The Board approved the preliminary plat for Nichols Place in November 1988. <br />Kerlington Subdivision: Residents of Pascal Way (5 homes) have petitioned NCDOT to accept <br />maintenance responsibilities for the road. Pascal Way is in Kerlington subdivision (Phase 2) off the <br />east side of Kerley Road, in Chapel Hill Township and extending into Durham County. The Durham <br />Subdivision Review Board approved Kerlington Phase 2 in January 1983. The Orange County <br />Board of Commissioners approved the preliminary plat in February 1983. <br />Woodbrooke Subdivision: Residents of Meadow Lane Extension (10 homes) have petitioned <br />NCDOT to accept maintenance responsibilities along a 0.23 -mile extension of SR 1195 (Meadow <br />Lane). Meadow Lane Extension is in Woodbrooke subdivision off the west side of Bethel- Hickory <br />Grove Church Road, Chapel Hill and Bingham Townships. The Board approved the preliminary <br />plat for Woodbrooke subdivision in April 1987. <br />NCDOT has investigated these requests (please refer to attached Secondary Road Addition <br />Reports) and has submitted the petition to the Board of Commissioners for its review and approval. <br />The Board must take an administrative action to approve the petition to NCDOT in order for <br />NCDOT to add Nichols Drive, Maggie Lane, Pascal Way and Meadow Lane Extension to the State <br />Secondary Road System, and accept maintenance responsibilities for those roads. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no direct financial impact associated with this item. <br />