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Approved 9.3.25
<br /> 1537
<br /> 1538 Josh Reinke: Oh, no.A lot of people think those two-way left-turn lanes are a way to safely get into the flow of
<br /> 1539 traffic when you're leaving. That is not what those are for. And I get it that people do it.
<br /> 1540
<br /> 1541 Beth Bronson: Welcome to the road county.
<br /> 1542
<br /> 1543 Josh Reinke: That is very unsafe, and that is not what two left-turn lanes are for. I was thinking you meant, are
<br /> 1544 we widening the driveway? I was like, no,there's no need for that. You are correct. That is solely
<br /> 1545 to get in there, and it would taper down on the other side, so it would not be appealing to be like,
<br /> 1546 ooh, I can use that to accelerate. No, you would want to wait for gaps in traffic,which is the safe
<br /> 1547 thing, but now I understand what you're saying, and I was like,yes, I've heard that a million times
<br /> 1548 where people are like,well, I use that. That's very bad because something might be coming right
<br /> 1549 at you at that point if you're using a two way left-turn lane or anything. So,this would be as you're
<br /> 1550 turning left, it would be very quickly tapering down and not, like, I have a lane for a while and then
<br /> 1551 1 can merge in because there is no need to extend that left. It's to get into the site.
<br /> 1552
<br /> 1553 Beth Bronson: So, if approved,would it be funded by DOT or would it be funded by the developer?
<br /> 1554
<br /> 1555 Josh Reinke: Funded by the developer.
<br /> 1556
<br /> 1557 Delores Bailey: I guess that the application was put in, and DOT said,yeah, sure for the right-hand turn lane, but
<br /> 1558 we don't see a reason to have the center lane. Would that be an option for the DOT to
<br /> 1559 recommend?
<br /> 1560
<br /> 1561 Josh Reinke: It could be, because I never want to speak on behalf of the DOT, but it is unlikely because it is
<br /> 1562 typically the left turn that is the less safe. You're kind of a sitting duck. You're waiting for traffic. A
<br /> 1563 right turn, you're slowing down to make that turn, but a left, you might be waiting for opposing
<br /> 1564 traffic to get by you, and you're sitting there and the longer you sit there, if people are coming up
<br /> 1565 quickly,the more likely there is to be a rear-end crash or something like that. So, it is unlikely,
<br /> 1566 unless if it were something that when it comes to the design, that there's no way you could fit it in
<br /> 1567 the existing right of way. You need to get land from neighbors, and they say, I absolutely will not.
<br /> 1568 Then it could come up there, but it is unlikely, and I think it would fit within the right of way. They
<br /> 1569 go for symmetrical widening, so it doesn't impact either side too much.
<br /> 1570
<br /> 1571 Beth Bronson: Fine, and to that point of the existing right of way, does the parcel have enough right of way to
<br /> 1572 create that right turn lane on the property? On the parcel,without needing DOT approval.
<br /> 1573
<br /> 1574 Josh Reinke: Yes.
<br /> 1575
<br /> 1576 Beth Bronson: Okay, so theoretically,that could be a condition of the application, I would think, if it is possible,
<br /> 1577 that regardless of DOT approval, that that right turn lane is still included.
<br /> 1578
<br /> 1579 Josh Reinke: Well, it's still their road, so that's why we need DOT, NC 54 is a main road, so we need their
<br /> 1580 approval of that.And I think it's likely, but it's still technically even though we have a turn lane into
<br /> 1581 our site and outside, if it's within a public roadway connected to theirs, it's theirs. But like I said,
<br /> 1582 the likelihood that Chuck Edwards will say yes, that sounds great is very high, but I'm not him, and
<br /> 1583 we do need their approval and we would show that in the driveway permit because that's when it
<br /> 1584 does get into the design and things like that.
<br /> 1585
<br /> 1586 Beth Bronson: Thank you. Yeah, and in some of the discussion about the septic fields and the gentleman that
<br /> 1587 was explaining how mature trees do actually pose a benefit to the septic lines because it acts as
<br /> 1588 absorption, and this gets back to Chair Proctor's question about tree preservation specifically, and
<br /> 1589 1 may have missed the answer to this question, but where the tree preservation plan was in the
<br /> 1590 application?
<br /> 1591
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