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5 <br /> PHILIP <br /> POST <br /> E <br /> ASSOCIATES <br /> Memorandum <br /> Date: 9/9/2002 <br /> To: Craig Benedict,Orange County Planning Ucpt. <br /> From: Philip Post and Associates,Inc. <br /> RE: Ashwick Subdivision Walking Trails <br /> We hereby request that the Orange County Board of Commissioners amend the resolution approving <br /> the preliminary plan of the Ashwick Subdivision. We Tes'pectfully request this action be a part of the <br /> October 15,2002 Board of County Commissioners meeting agenda. <br /> 'lhe reason for the request is that the walking trail, required to be constructed within the NCDOT <br /> right-of-way, by the resolution of approval of the preliminary plan approved by the Board of <br /> Commissioners on May 15,2001, cannot physically be located within the NCDOT right-of-way.The <br /> Department of Transportation will not allow walking trails between the pavement edge and the ditch <br /> (within the shoulder area) of roads which it maintains. And, given the topography of the property, <br /> them is no area within the right-of-way beyond the mad ditches to locate walking trails. <br /> Because of the rolling topography and other natural features of the Ashwick Subdivision property; <br /> because of NCDOT ditch slope requirements for the public ro ads in this subdivision; and because of <br /> the need to bring the road construction back to the natural grade of the property while ensuring proper <br /> drainage and no erosion, it was necessary to clear an 80 feet wide corridor for the roads. That means <br /> that the front fifteen feet of each lot in the subdivision has been cleared (80 feet wide corridor minus <br /> 50 feet road right-of-way divided by 2 equals 15 feet). Not only is there no place in the NCDOT right- <br /> of-way to locate a walking trail,there is no place in the cleared area outside of the road right-of-way <br /> ENGINEERS <br /> PLANNERS <br /> SURVEYORS <br /> 401 Provklencc Roma <br /> P.O.Box 2134 <br /> Chapel Hill.NC 27514-2134 <br /> (919)929-1173 <br /> (919)493-26()(1 <br />