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4 <br />1. Provide permanent erosion control measures throughout the project; <br />2. Landscape all reconstructed interchanges in an aesthetic manner; <br />3. Provide, in consultation with county staff, sidewalks and bike lanes along roads where <br />interchange improvements are required, and to include adequate guardrails on overpasses; <br />4.. Widen the overpass on NC 86 to accommodate increased traffic volumes resulting from recent <br />development in the adjacent Economic Development District; <br />5. Realign the intersection of Pleasant Green Road (SR 1567) & Mt. Herman Church Road (SR <br />1713) so that Pleasant Green Road intersects US 70 at a 90-degree angle (NCDOT Division 7 <br />Traffic Engineers have recommended that this intersection be included as a part of 1-0305 <br />because of its proximity to the I-85/US 70 interchange.); <br />6. Upgrade US 70 from NC 751 to University Station Road (SR 1712) to provide for a suitable <br />transition from/to 1-85; <br />7. Provide 12' wide travel lanes and 4' wide bicycle lanes for a total paved width of 32' for any <br />roads that may be relocated as part of the project (Mt. Herman Church Road, SR 1713 and <br />Old NC 10, SR 1710); and <br />8. Consult with county staff during the design stage to ensure that the improvements will <br />accommodate: <br />a. the proposed construction of a wildlife corridor under 1-85 in the vicinity of the US 70 <br />Interchange, as recommended in the "The New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan: <br />Proposals for Linking Duke Forest and Eno River State Park"; and <br />b. a pedestrian trail under 1-85 linking New Hope Creek and the Eno River (New Hope Rustic <br />Woodland Trail proposed as an element of the Lands Legacy Program). <br />Upon motion of Commissioner , seconded by Commissioner <br />the foregoing resolution was adopted this the day of , 2005 <br />I, Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for the County of Orange, North Carolina, DO <br />HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a <br />meeting held on March 15, 2005, as relates in any way to the adoption of the foregoing and that said <br />proceedings are recorded in the minutes of said Board. <br />WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County, this day of , 2005, <br />Clerk to the Board of Commissioners