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<br /> 1151 saying 49 units is a lot. Each individual that spoke about traffic problem is a unit, and I guarantee
<br /> 1152 no individual house is doing that, and that's why we say we have safety concerns when you have
<br /> 1153 these individual driveways. Here, at least,you're saying we can mitigate some of that at the
<br /> 1154 driveways. The offsite stuff,we heard about one sixth of the trip generation that DOT would even
<br /> 1155 require a TIA for. The school,which is a much bigger generator, like I said,we were trying to
<br /> 1156 track that down to see has anybody addressed these big intersections where they're generating a
<br /> 1157 lot more of that traffic. Everybody that drives through that is generating some of that traffic, but
<br /> 1158 there are obviously developments that have happened that it's, like,what was done there,and 1
<br /> 1159 even started looking at low-hanging fruit. If all of our traffic went through there,what percentage
<br /> 1160 are we? Okay,we're, like, less than 2 percent. It's a small amount compared to what's going on
<br /> 1161 out there. I know we heard that in the neighborhood meeting, roundabouts at 86 and 57.
<br /> 1162 Honestly, unless it's a major development came in, I think that's got to be a public DOT-type
<br /> 1163 project. Roundabouts aren't cheap, you know? If you have a school that goes in and isn't making
<br /> 1164 these improvements, generating far more traffic. It's just big capacity issues of a lot of people that
<br /> 1165 are maybe not even living right around here cutting through there, as that's where a lot of these
<br /> 1166 issues are with a lot of intersections everywhere is people are using it as a major road to cut
<br /> 1167 through to where employment centers are, and they don't even necessarily live near there.
<br /> 1168 They're just a pass-through traffic volume, and that's what a lot of this is. It's a through volume
<br /> 1169 that's going all the way to 70 and heading towards Durham.
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<br /> 1171 Beth Bronson: It's, as much it is also people coming 70 miles an hour from the country into town.And they're
<br /> 1172 coming by both ingress, egress areas.
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<br /> 1174 Josh Reinke: And, and I will say, and I know nobody likes hearing this, but honestly, development and traffic
<br /> 1175 volume does slow down traffic in urban areas. I can drive through downtown areas and you're not
<br /> 1176 moving very fast, because there's a lot of traffic, and usually when you have these speeding
<br /> 1177 problems, it means there's not as much. I think the biggest concern is some of the TOPO and
<br /> 1178 stuff like that is why you're seeing this, is you have people that are speeding through, and you're
<br /> 1179 starting to have the school traffic that then is coming out and they haven't gone through. Different
<br /> 1180 roads that have stopped controlling things like that. We understand. I try to see if there is some
<br /> 1181 low-hanging fruit and see if there's anything we can kind of do that's reasonable for a development
<br /> 1182 of this size, even if it wasn't required. Even as we go for the driveway permit, DOT is not going to
<br /> 1183 say start studying 70 or anything like that just because of the size,the relatively small size of this
<br /> 1184 development.
<br /> 1185
<br /> 1186 Beth Bronson: No,that would be the need of the town,you know, in its ETJ.
<br /> 1187
<br /> 1188 Josh Reinke: If there were an existing project DOT had, they could say, hey,we'd like some sort of dollars and
<br /> 1189 cents put into that, because you do have some impact on that. They're can't retroactively,
<br /> 1190 everybody that's driving through, but with new developments,they can. They don't have any
<br /> 1191 plans that are funded and whatever that they can collect money on. So, that's kind of the
<br /> 1192 challenge with that.
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<br /> 1194 Beth Bronson: All right,yeah. I mean, as far as traffic goes, I get that there's only so much you guys can do.
<br /> 1195
<br /> 1196 Josh Reinke: Yeah.
<br /> 1197
<br /> 1198 Beth Bronson: Thanks. The question I did have about public access was sort of addressed. There is no indicate,
<br /> 1199 like,there is no reason to request a condition for this public trail easement that would go from 86
<br /> 1200 to Eno Academy,for anybody that's walking to school? And is that because the fee is better than
<br /> 1201 accommodating the public structure.
<br /> 1202
<br /> 1203 Beth Trahos: Well, I mean, there will be a fee paid for the UDO requirement for parks. I think there is an
<br /> 1204 opportunity with what the trails that are on the plan to, in the future if the HOA and Eno River
<br /> 1205 Academy are agreeable to create a connection for walkers, but that is a decision that would have
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