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Draft <br /> 4/ 28/ 99 <br /> i . Greenways <br /> in the past 15 years, a considerable degree of planning has <br /> occurred in the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro for <br /> greenways. In 1985, the Town of Chapel Hill received a <br /> Greenways Task Force Report that led to the creation of a <br /> Greenways Commission, and the planning and development of <br /> Bolin Creek Greenway., In 1996, a Comprehensive Greenways <br /> Master Plan was adopted that outlines future greenways, <br /> funding and construction plans and priorities. The 1996 plan <br /> focused on four new greenway trails. Lower Booker Creek <br /> (Phase II), Upper Booker Creek, Dry Creek (phase I) and Dry <br /> Creek (Phase ZZ) . <br /> Carrboro. . . (to be added - link to bikeways) <br /> While the Town of Hillsborough does not have a formal <br /> greenways program, recent initiatives to link Occoneechee <br /> Mountain to the Eno River State Park and develop at Riverwalk <br /> along the Eno in Hillsborough (in conjunction with Orange <br /> County) would form a significant beginning for a greenways <br /> system in the Town . <br /> There is a fourth area where the potential for greenways <br /> currently exists, although no facilities have been planned or <br /> developed to date. The 1986 Joint Planning Area Plan Use Plan <br /> adopted by the County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro contains a <br /> strategy map that provides for future greenway corridors along <br /> the network of streams in the Rural Buffer area as well as the <br /> Town 's long - term transition areas. Through the Orange County <br /> Subdivision Regulations, the County has a policy to require <br /> dedication of land for greenways in the Rural Buffer area . <br /> While some land has been dedicated to date in the Rural Buffer, <br /> no plans have been developed for a greenway system. This <br /> subject would likely be dealt with in the planned revision to the <br /> County Master Recreation and Parks Plan. <br /> 2. Wildlife Corridors <br /> In 1988, the Triangle Land Conservancy developed an <br /> Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange <br /> County. In identifying 64 of the most significant sites <br /> countywide, the Inventory also identified and addressed the <br /> importance of preserving wildlife corridors along selected <br /> streams and ridges as connectors. These connectors provide <br /> habitat and allow migrating wildlife to move between larger <br /> 21 <br />