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30 Approved 11/7/2018 102 Resident: So when will it be done? The letter I received said you would connect Industrial to South Frasier, add 103 two lanes on Buckhorn starting from 1-85/40 to Highway 70 so that is the Cheeks Crossing Township. That 104 township has 194 people so that is not the study? You didn't do any transportation study in that area? 105 106 Nish Trivedi: Not when the 2017 study was done,when the project is being done by the state the state would do 107 a separate, more detailed, on the ground public involvement study for that road. There is no design for that road 108 at this point. 109 110 Resident: You sent me a letter as a property owner telling me that you are going to impact my road and there 111 still was no study done. 112 113 Nish Trivedi: We're not having any impact on your road, if you are not developing your property then there is no 114 impact at this stage. If the state doesn't fund the project there is no impact. 115 116 Resident: Then why did I get a letter? 117 118 Nish Trivedi: To get your input and comments so we can include it in this plan when it is updated. If the state 119 does fund it we would come back to you again for more detailed, direct community meeting for that project - 120 because there is going to be increased traffic along Buckhorn Road, because of the development goal for this 121 area and because if any development does occur it is going to create more traffic. In the event that is not done it 122 will create more safety problems and more issues if not addressed. We feel that area needs to be studied and 123 addressed. It is on the plan as a blue dot indicating additional study needs to be done to address the increase of 124 traffic that is going to be 10-20 years down the line for that road. 125 126 Resident: I would like to add there is already increased traffic. 127 128 David Laudicina: You mentioned the cross-section potential for bridges over the railroad, did they take into 129 consideration the fact that they may double that track in the future? 130 131 Cy Stober: That has been discussed with DOT and would be addressed by the design. Independent of all of 132 this, Orange County and Mebane have successfully lobbied DOT to put a traffic light at the intersection of 133 Buckhorn Road and US 70. It will be there by Christmas of this year. It's been delayed already but we are 134 working hard to get that installed. 135 136 Nish Trivedi: One of the considerations the Planning Director made was to remove a road near the Mattress 137 Factory Road area because of a stream crossing and all the issues involved so we have removed some of that 138 road network to avoid touching the streams and the crossing and provide the same east/west connection. We 139 have added text to include bicycle safety based on the recommendations from the OUTBoard and to include that 140 this network should be for all users whether transit, auto or bike/ped. Another recommendation was how it 141 addresses the Economic Development objectives in the plan and how does it encourage mixed use projects to 142 support walkable communities and how does the plan address public transportation and alternative modes such 143 as carpooling and park/ride facilities. I will include more narrative about the cross section and try to meet these 144 objectives. Now we are seeking OUTBoard comments and recommendations. 145 146 Heidi Perov: You've had a lot of public comment, did any of it change any of the plans? 147 148 Nish Trivedi: The only real change was the removal of the roads in the Rock Quarry Road area we discussed. 149 150 Heidi Perov: The questionnaire you used was odd because you are working in an area where there isn't any 151 public transit, bike or pedestrian facilities so it seems like the better way to ask this in the future is would you use 152 transit if it were available; would you ride bikes or walk in your community if there were facilities available; what