[Durham INC] Fw: FYI - reminder of transit hearing

[Rebecca Board]

The Downing Creek HOA (on the other side of Hwy 54) is aware of the C2
proposal, though when we first found out about it almost by chance last
year, right before it came before the Chapel Hill Town Council, it was
quite a shock!  I'm afraid those who do NOT want the station in Meadowmont
are overlooking a number of quite serious problems with the C2 plan.  But
 rather than stamp our feet and insist we don't want it either, we have
been trying to present our concerns to people in the MPO to address and
correct the problems.  We all say we want mass transit, but if no one is
willing to work within the system to make it happen, then it won't.

--Rebecca

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Kevin Davis <ksdavis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally, I hardly consider a dozen comment cards on the DCHCMPO web
> site coming disproportionately from Meadowmont -- a transit-oriented
> development sold to Chapel Hill leadership in part on its future alignment
> with SW Durham Dr. and transit, which miraculously now wants neither -- to
> reflect "the public" opinion.  I rather think the public hasn't been paying
>  attention to the alternatives plans yet.
>
> I've said my piece before on transit-oriented development as being
> critical for Durham/CH to gain a sustainable yet appropriate share of the
> 1m - 1.2m new residents of the Triangle expected to move here in the next
> 20 years.  Otherwise, our sprawled-out friends to our east will capture (in
> greenfield suburban fashion) an overweight of development, meaning that (a)
> jobs move away from the locus of RTP/Cary/South Durham/Brier Creek in ways
> that disadvantage Durhamites, (b) everyone's driving more vehicular miles
> to work sites, making our air quality worse, (c) more sprawl-consequence
> pollution in the Haw/Neuse downstream (ask Johnston Co. how they like being
> downstream from Raleigh?), (d) continued poor ratings on inter-MSA
> comparatives on sprawl, impacting our economic desirability.
>
> I recognize the HOA and environmental concerns being raised, but I would
> much rather see TOD in the Patterson Place/New Hope Creek/Leigh Farms/NC 54
> corridor than for Veridea (sic?) to be built in Apex, or for tens of
> thousands of new homes in Clayton, Angier and Fuquay-Varina, or more people
> commuting in from Mebane.
>
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>
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Will Wilson <willwilsn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> To clarify, there are TWO crossings of concern. One is a crossing of the
>> New Hope/Sandy Creek corridor, and the other is a crossing nearer to Chapel
>> Hill, the Little Creek corridor. Both crossings have alternatives that go
>> through or near natural inventory sites. If you care about our streams and
>> few remaining bottomlands in those areas, submit comments to the committee
>> via
>>
>> comments at dchcmpo.org
>>
>> saying that you prefer an alignment with 15/501 across New Hope/Sandy
>> Creek, and option C2 (alignment with 54) across Little Creek.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Will
>>
>>
>> On 1/9/2012 4:20 PM, Melissa Rooney wrote:
>>
>>> See below.
>>> This seems like a no brainer (they should go with the public's preferred
>>> option, but you never know...
>>> Melissa (Rooney)
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> From: "jkorest at durhamcountync.gov"<j**korest at durhamcountync.gov<jkorest at durhamcountync.gov>
>>> >
>>> Sent: Monday, 9 January 2012 2:44 PM
>>> Subject: FYI - reminder of transit hearing
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi all, most of you who have been following the New Hope- transit issue
>>> know that the MPO is having a public hearing on the locally preferred
>>> alternative this Wednesday 1-11 to receive public comments. The meeting
>>> starts at 9 a.m.  in the 2nd floor of Durham City Hall.
>>>
>>> Here is the link to the agenda and attachments, including the comments
>>> received so far:
>>>
>>> http://www.dchcmpo.org/index.**php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=**41<http://www.dchcmpo.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=41>
>>>
>>>
>>> Jane Korest
>>> Division Manager
>>> Durham County Open Space&  Real Estate
>>>
>>> 200 East Main Street, 4th Floor
>>> Durham NC 27701
>>> (919)560-7955 Fax (919)560-0057
>>>
>>>
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