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Approved 11/28/18 3 113 Resident: So you did a transportation study and you don’t know the impact it is going to have on the community in 114 which you are going to put the road through? You did a transportation study, you had transportation engineers you 115 had environmental engineers and there is no results on how that would impact the 194 people that live there. There 116 were no results? 117 118 Nish Trivedi: In the 2017 study, that area was not studied. That is why we are saying additional study is required. 119 120 Resident: So when will it be done? The letter I received said you would connect Industrial to South Frasier, add two 121 lanes on Buckhorn starting from I-85/40 to Highway 70 so that is the Cheeks Crossing Township. That township has 122 194 people so that is not the study? You didn’t do any transportation study in that area? 123 124 Nish Trivedi: Not when the 2017 study was done, when the project is being done by the state the state would do a 125 separate, more detailed, on the ground public involvement study for that road. There is no design for that road at this 126 point. 127 128 Resident: You sent me a letter as a property owner telling me that you are going to impact my road and there still 129 was no study done. 130 131 Nish Trivedi: We’re not having any impact on your road, if you are not developing your property then there is no 132 impact at this stage. If the state doesn’t fund the project there is no impact. 133 134 Resident: Then why did I get a letter? 135 136 Nish Trivedi: To get your input and comments so we can include it in this plan when it is updated. If the state does 137 fund it we would come back to you again for more detailed, direct community meeting for that project - because there 138 is going to be increased traffic along Buckhorn Road, because of the development goal for this area and because if 139 any development does occur it is going to create more traffic. In the event that is not done it will create more safety 140 problems and more issues if not addressed. We feel that area needs to be studied and addressed. It is on the plan 141 as a blue dot indicating additional study needs to be done to address the increase of traffic that is going to be 10-20 142 years down the line for that road. 143 144 Resident: I would like to add there is already increased traffic. 145 146 David Laudicina: You mentioned the cross-section potential for bridges over the railroad, did they take into 147 consideration the fact that they may double that track in the future? 148 149 Cy Stober: That has been discussed with DOT and would be addressed by the design. Independent of all of this, 150 Orange County and Mebane have successfully lobbied DOT to put a traffic light at the intersection of Buckhorn Road 151 and US 70. It will be there by Christmas of this year. It’s been delayed already but we are working hard to get that 152 installed. 153 154 Nish Trivedi: One of the considerations the Planning Director made was to remove a road near the Mattress Factory 155 Road area because of a stream crossing and all the issues involved so we have removed some of that road network 156 to avoid touching the streams and the crossing and provide the same east/west connection. We have added text to 157 include bicycle safety based on the recommendations from the OUTBoard and to include that this network should be 158 for all users whether transit, auto or bike/ped. Another recommendation was how it addresses the Economic 159 Development objectives in the plan and how does it encourage mixed use projects to support walkable communities 160 and how does the plan address public transportation and alternative modes such as carpooling and park/ride 161 facilities. I will include more narrative about the cross section and try to meet these objectives. Now we are seeking 162 OUTBoard comments and recommendations. 163 164 Heidi Perov: You’ve had a lot of public comment, did any of it change any of the plans? 165 166 Nish Trivedi: The only real change was the removal of the roads in the Rock Quarry Road area we discussed. 167 168