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[6/ 15/991 Durham parkway route gets OK Page 2 of 2 <br /> 01) <br /> d John Hodges - Copple of the Triangle J Council of Online: 919 . 829.4611 and bike lanes , sal <br /> Circulation : 919 . 829 .4700 Governments , who mediated a year of discussions on the route . <br /> With the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and the Eno River <br /> Association on board, officials bragged of a community consensus . <br /> Residents told them otherwise Monday . <br /> FRAME / UNFRAME " People are looking at the map to see where the houses are, and it' s <br /> not there, " Laura Tucker said . <br /> Mary Wilson of Granville County, and formerly of Durham, has 67 <br /> acres of vacant farmland near Hamlin Road in northern Durham <br /> County that she says has been tied up for three generations . She was <br /> among several speakers who told commissioners to move things along . <br /> " I believe environmentalists have held us prisoner for too long , " she <br /> said . <br /> Other residents , though, told commissioners that the board would <br /> hurt neighborhoods and families by running a new highway through. <br /> No wonder the environmentalists and the business leaders agree on <br /> the new route , said Jackie Brown of Davie Drive . <br /> "None of them live in the path; I do , " she said . <br /> " There is no consensus , " she continued . " When you send this to <br /> Raleigh, I want the governor and whoever else to know that half the <br /> neighborhoods don't know about this . " <br /> In other action Monday, the commissioners . <br /> • Set a public hearing during its meeting at 7 p .m. July 12 on a <br /> proposed six-month moratorium for development along N . C . 54 and <br /> Interstate 40 . <br /> • Passed unanimously the site plan for Aisin AW to build a <br /> manufacturing plant on 123 acres in Treyburn Industrial Park. <br /> • Heard remarks during a public hearing on the 1999 -2000 operating <br /> budget . The commissioners have scheduled work sessions at 8 * 30 a.m . <br /> Wednesday and 9 a. m . Monday on the budget. <br /> Barbara Barrett can be reached at 956 -2433 or <br /> bbarrett , nando . com <br /> olikultAlta, <br /> [ TOP NEXT STORY> > ( TRIANGLE HOME PAGE ] <br /> . . coin <br /> } 4. 4 II <br /> Mo <br /> _ <br /> NEWS : BUSINESS EDITORIAL N . C . SPORTS TRIANGLE 24HR NEWS : TOP BIZ INFOTECH NATION OPINION POLITICS <br /> SPORTS I WORLD <br /> FEATURES : A&E DAY I FAITH I FOOD I HOME I MOVIES I Q ( TRAVEL I TRIANGLE GUIDE 1 24HR ENTERTAINMENT ( 24HR HEALTH <br /> MARKETPLACE : YELLOW PAGES ( CLASSIFIED I AUTO ( REAL ESTATE I EMPLOYMENT MERCHANDISE ( SUBSCRIBE ( BOOKSTORE <br /> TRIANGLE MARKETPLACE <br /> http , //www. news -observer . com/daily/ 1999/06/ 15/tri02 .html 6/ 15/99 <br />