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• Located to ensure that minimum disruption of the trail would result from repair or replacement of utilities • Located to connect existing neighborhoods, parks and services • Located to allow for emergency vehicle access With these priorities in mind, the long-term potential for a few carefully-sited rustic rural trails linking some urban greenways or parks to existing and future rural linear parks and open space does exist. Plans for development of any coordinated infra-County trail system should be developed with linkages to regional plans for parks and trails. Linkages along the Haw River, Eno River State Park, New Hope Creek, Jordan Lake and future rails-to-trails initiatives will likely be critical components of a long-range regional trails system. The Joint Planning Area Strategy Map shows the beginnings of such a system that was envisioned in 19$7. While considerable further work is needed in this area, it is possible with existing mapping to visualize three examples of passible long-term rural trail links tying town parks and open space to those in rural areas:_ .. r. • A North Chapel Hill/Rural Buffer comdor linking Booker Creek Greenway, Northern Community Park, Duke Forest, New Hope Creek (including TLC lands and Duke Forest) back to the New Hope Creek Corridor and the Durham County line. • A corridor in southwest/central Orange County linking the Haw River, Cane Creek Reservoir, OWASA mitigation lands, Seven-Mile Creek lands, Eno River and Duke Forest, Eno River Walk in Hillsborough and the Eno River State Park. (A northern branch along the Eno toward the new Hillsborough reservoir could be added to this concept). • A corridor in southern Orange linking Bolin Creek Greenway via Meadowmont and UNC to the UNC Botanical Garden to Jordan Lake lands. Recommendation H. Address Eausting Needs 15 Currently, countywide parkland needs are assessed in terms of types of parks (e.g. regional, community, neighborhood, etc). While additional work is needed in developing standards, it is possible to envision an overview of park needs based on population standards.