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ATTACHMENT 2 <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANING DEPARTMENT <br />306E REVERE ROAD <br />I3II~ISBOROUGH, NORTB CAROLINA 27278 <br />~. <br />4~' ~. <br />Y S= <br />•<<i Ca~•~~~ <br />December 7, 1999 <br />Ms. Becky Heron, Chair <br />Transportation Advisory Committee <br />Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MP0 <br />Durham DOT <br />101 City Hall Plaza <br />Durham, NC 27701 <br />Dear Ms. Heron: <br />6 <br />Enclosed with this letter you will find this year's "Orange County Transportation <br />Priority List for Consideration of Funding in The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro <br />Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Prouram." Our number one priority project <br />continues to be improvements to Homestead Road (U-2805) to address school safety <br />issues. <br />Further advancement of Homestead Road is nrquested for the following reasons: <br />a) in the year 2000, the completed widening of Airport Road will approximately <br />double its capactity and provide increased access to the land served by <br />Homestead Road; and b) as curnently programmed there will be a period of more <br />than four years between completion of improvements to Airport Road and <br />construction of improvements. to Homestead Road, and during that time, <br />accident exposure will be increased because Homestead Road was not <br />improved at the same time as Airport Road. It is important that improvements <br />to Homestead Road not be delayed from the scheduled construction date in <br />2004. We were disappointed that the construction date has already slipped from <br />mid-2001 to 2004. <br />Thank you for your time and consideration of Orange County's transportation <br />needs. If you would like. to discuss this matter in detail, please contact Beverly Blythe, <br />Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners at (919) 732-8181, extension 2130. <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Sincerely, <br />Alice M. Gordon, Chair <br />g:lkklincolnltip02-08\99mpolt~.doc\1123-99Uci <br />