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2 HPC consider taking this up as an effort for the County to preserve the roadbeds and perhaps incorporate it into a trail plan . He stated that he is interested in preserving as much of the ill all be lost to development if nothing is done . He noted that he infrastructure as possible as it w thinks that conservation easements would be feasible to protect the characteristics but his project is the overall Trading Path. He concluded that he would be happy to assist in any way possible but he does hope that the HPC on their agenda someplace can find a way for preserving the remnants of the Trading Path at the rivers . Belk stated that the HPC will be receiving proposals from archaeologists to conduct the archaeological survey of the St . Mary s Road Corridor . A grant has also been received from the ill not be highly detailed but one of the main points state to do some of this work. The study w will be to identify what areas merit the research. He stated that as far as the area focused he has told them that he would be interested to know how the St. Mary ' s Road and Trading Path Corridor and Eno River were linked . He stated that hopefully there will be new information that the HPC can use as a baseline for further research . Magnuson stated that there is a published paper from last September on a model of archaeological sites in the Piedmont. He stated that he would concentrate on the rivers for his principal route . He noted that this could be done on GIS maps . He stated that he would get the HPC a copy of the paper . Allison noted that an architectural survey of the county has already been done . He pointed out that the HPC does not have the power to directly protect properties, but does has the- power to suggest to the Board of County Commissioners what they think should be protected . He stated that an architectural and archaeological study has been funded for the St . Mary ' s Road Corridor and once that is done there will probably be a cohesive , protective plan developed. Belk stated that a lot of the areas in question are undevelopable anyway . He stated that in the efforts of acquiring land along the river corridors , the owners should not have a real problem with considering conservation easements . He noted that this is the function of the new department (Environment and Resource Conservation Department) to acquire resources of all types and one of the main tools that will be used is conservation easements . Magnuson reiterated that the old road beds were very important to the Piedmont . He stated that the preservation of these road beds could provide valuable historical information . Anderson asked Samford if UNC was collecting and storing information about old road beds for example . Samford replied that the information is held in Raleigh, at the Office of State Archaeology . She stated that information on old road beds is collected but not as frequently as they do industrial or domestic information . Anderson commented that road beds are everywhere . Allison stated that there is opposition in this County to easements in some of these cases . There are some people who hold land there that would probably be delighted to do some sort of easement but there are others that would be against it. Allison noted that he would like for the Commission to revisit the Elizabeth Brady Road Extension issue . Belk stated that the Board of County Commissioners would like to have the HPC ' s comments on that issue .