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• There is also a greenway that is being considered in our budget process right now to be funded <br /> and the upcoming year in.This would connect Corregidor Street with Third Street. Currently <br /> waiting to secure one last easement. <br /> Hot Topics- Orange County <br /> Mountains to Sea Trail Blackwood Farm Park <br /> y <br /> �A <br /> Dave Stancil—Orange County: <br /> • Mountain-To-Sea Trail—The MST is part of the State Parks system that connects Clingmans <br /> Dome on the North Carolina/Tennessee border to Jockeys Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks. <br /> Some sections of the trail have been built in urban areas, in the Appalachian Mountains and <br /> along the coast, but a lot of the areas (especially in the eastern Piedmont between Greensboro <br /> and Durham/Raleigh) have not yet been built, and those are the areas of focus over the last <br /> decade.Around 2014 Orange County engaged in a multi-year effort to meet with the public and <br /> talk about how to connect the 17 mile section in Orange County that was identified connecting <br /> from Saxapahaw and the Alamance County line in the southwestern corner of Orange into <br /> Orange County and connecting to the Hillsborough Riverwalk.These towns have become <br /> "trailtowns," destination points along the MST route. But a challenge Orange has is the area <br /> between the two towns does not have a natural feature such as a river to follow—such as east <br /> of Raleigh where the trail follows the Neuse River. County staff are trying to utilizing the road <br /> network and the OWASA-owned lands around Cane Creek Reservoir, and Orange County's Seven <br /> Mile Creek Natural Area to forge a connection to Hillsborough and Riverwalk. It's this section in <br /> the middle,that requires going up and over the ridge between the Neuse River basin and the <br /> Cape Fear River basin that has no natural features to follow that was a challenge time in terms <br /> of identifying a route. However in January of 2018 a route was adopted as shown on the map in <br /> yellow. We are focusing on that section now. We are working closely with the Friends of the <br /> Mountains-to-Sea Trail. <br /> • Blackwood Farm Park- Is a 152 acre park located midway between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. <br /> It's also very close to interstate 40 and fronts on NC 86.There is currently a $3 million <br />