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5/ 2. 6/ 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 Ied . to the creation 4 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 arid construction plans an-d . 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 Ca rrboro '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 11 + 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 at 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 - te, rm 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 Ito date - in the Rural Buffer ,. no plans have been developed for a greenway system . This. subject would likely be dealt with in the planned revisi. on to . the . County Master. Recreation and Parks Plan . 20