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5/ 26 / 99 1 . Greenways In the past 15 years , a considerable degree of planning has occurred in the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for greenways . In 1985 , the Town of Chapel Hill received a Greenways Task Force Report that led to the creation of a Greenways Commission , and the planning and development of Bolin Creek Greenway , In 1996 , a Comprehensive Greenways Master Plan was adopted that outlines future greenways , funding and construction plans and priorities . The 1996 plan focused on four new greenway trails : Lower Booker Creek ( Phase II ) , Upper Booker Creek , Dry Creek ( Phase I ) and Dry Creek ( Phase II ) . The Town of Carrboro 's " Recreation and Parks Comprehensive Plan " calls for active greenways to be located on the Morgan and Bolin Creek corridors . Both would be off- street facilities , for a total of ten miles and linking up with greenways planned in Chapel Hill . It has been the practice. to require offers of dedication in both areas as part of the Town 's Land Use Ordinance. However , no offers have been formally accepted by the Town as of this date . In regards to other non - motorized access , Carrboro 's bikeways system is among the best, in North Carolina . The bikeway system is designed to allow residents to safely commute from their neighborhoods through the central business district to Chapel Hill at Cameron Avenue . For the sporting cyclist concerned with touring or training , routes start at Jones Ferry and Old Hillsborough roads . The town 's recreational facilities are easily accessible to Carrboro residents by the bikeway system . While the Town of Hillsborough does not have a formal greenways program , recent initiatives to link Occoneechee Mountain to the Eno River State Park and develop a Riverwalk along the Eno in Hillsborough in conjunction with Orange County ) would form a significant beginning for a greenways system . There is a fourth area where the potential for greenways currently exists , although no facilities have been planned or developed to date . The 1986 Joint Planning Area Plan Use Plan adopted by the County , Chapel Hill and Carrboro contains a strategy map that provides for future greenway corridors along the network of streams in the Rural Buffer area as well as the Town 's long - term transition areas . Through the Orange County Subdivision Regulations , the County has a policy to require dedication of land for greenways in the Rural Buffer area . While some land has been dedicated to date in the Rural Buffer , no plans have been developed for a greenway system . This subject would likely be dealt with in the planned revision to the County Master Recreation and Parks Plan . 20