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33 <br /> From: Aimee Tattersall <br /> To: ALL BOCC MANAGER CLERK; Buckhorn Study <br /> Subject: [EXTERNAL MAIL!]Traffic on West 10,Buckhorn and Mt.Willing Road with Commercial Development <br /> Date: Sunday, May 23,2021 1:10:34 PM <br /> Title: Worried About Traffic on West 10, Buckhorn and Mt. Willing Road <br /> To the Orange County Board of Commissioners and the Orange County Planning <br /> Department <br /> You all are well aware that I am worried about traffic on West 10. You are all well <br /> aware that there are more than 45 entrances on this three-mile stretch of West 10: <br /> homes, roads that have from approximately ten residents to more than 20 homes, <br /> churches, middle school and now MedLine and Neyer. More people live on <br /> Buckhorn and Mt. Willing near these intersections. <br /> I am frustrated when I hear so little concern for the people who live on these roads <br /> from the city of Mebane, the Orange County Planning department and the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners. The people who live outside the 1,000-foot mailing <br /> area may have no idea that commercial development can happen in Area A and Area <br /> B and yet they must deal with the consequences. Until Neyer starts clearing most <br /> residents may not know about that either. <br /> No one has any idea how may trucks MedLine will generate, There was no Traffic <br /> Impact Analysis (TIA). I do know that even during the construction phase there are <br /> well over 300 vehicles of all sizes in and out every day. <br /> There is a TIA for Neyer. I an sure you all understand it. I cannot say the same for <br /> myself. At the beginning of the document ("Table E-1: Site Trip Intensity, page 4)" we <br /> learn that there will be 675,000 sq. ft. intensity (whatever that includes ) with 1,120 <br /> daily trips with week day am enter peak of 82 vehicles per hour and pm exit peak of <br /> 80 vehicles per hour. And this is half the square feet of MedLine! Or does this <br /> include MedLine, school traffic and regular folks like me? What intersections does this <br /> include? I do not have have clarity. I hope you do. Pllease educate me and my <br /> fellow residents! <br /> How many vehicles will converge on the interstates rom Mattress Factory Road and <br /> Amacel? How many trips every day from current houses and houses under <br /> construction nearby? <br /> (Have you driven Bowman Road recently? Over 200 new homes under construction.) <br /> There is so much we will not know until MedLine goes operational in 2022. Maybe <br /> you know Neyer's schedule. I do not. <br /> I hope the city of Mebane will take the concerns of Orange County into account but I <br /> gather they are not required to do so if the land owners request to be annexed. I <br />