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14 <br />County and Hillsborough Planning Departments, Orange County Economic <br />Development Department, and NCDOT. <br />Orange County also requests that NCDOT landscape interchanges for this <br />project in an aesthetic manner. <br />2) I-3Q5: widen,np of I-85 to six lanes and reconstruction of interchanges from I- <br />4Q at Hillsborough to Durham County Line: Orange County is opposed to any <br />widening of I-85 through Orange County unless there is a commitment by <br />NCDOT to provide HOV and/or dedicated bus lanes. <br />The County is specifically interested in the following infrastnacture <br />improvements as they relate to the I-85/US 7Q Economic Development <br />District: <br />a) Erosion Control Measures -Orange County requests that permanent. <br />erosion control measures be included in the project. <br />b) Landsca~ng of Interchanggs -Orange County requests that NGDQT <br />landscape all reconstructed interchanges in an aesthetic manner. <br />c) Pedestrian and Bicycle Facilities -Orange County requests that its <br />staff be allowed to participate in the determination of where and what <br />type of facilities are to be included in this project. Among the features <br />requested for inclusion are sidewalks and bike lanes (see the Regional <br />Bicycle Plan for Durham and Orange Counties) slang roads where <br />interchange improvements are required and adequate guardrails on <br />overpasses. <br />d) Wildlife Corridor Under I-85 (in the vicinity of US7Q Interchange) - <br />Orange County requests that its staff be allowed to participate during <br />this part of the planning stage and that this issue lae brought to the <br />attention of the NCD07 StafF Biologist Gonstrucfiing this wildlife <br />corridor is one of the recommendations presented in the "The New <br />Hope Carcidar Open Space Master Plan: Proposals for Linking Duke <br />Forest and Eno River State Park." Orange County also requests that <br />NGDOT consult county staff in designing the interchange at US 7d to <br />provide a pedestrian trail under I-$5 linking New Hope Creek and the <br />Eno River (New Hape Rusfiic Woodland Trail proposed as an element <br />of the Lands Legacy Program). <br />e) Intersection of Pleasant Green Road (SR 1567) & Mt Herman Church <br />Road CSR 17131 - NGDOT Division 7 Traffic Engineers have <br />recommended that this intersection be included as a part of I-3Q5 <br />because of its proximity to the I-85fUS 70 interchange. The entire <br />