INC NEWS - ACTION: East End Connector needs YOUR HELP

[Caleb Southern]

In July 2002, INC unanimously endorsed the East End Connector. This road
will improve public safety and quality of life in many Durham neighborhoods,
by offering a bypass that will divert cut-through traffic off of our
neighborhood streets.

 

Please send a brief email to the state Board of Transportation (see below) -
in support of the East End Connector.

 

 

Thanks for your help!

Caleb Southern

 

 

 

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From: Caleb Southern (Durham Loop) [mailto:info at durhamloop.org] 
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:28 PM
To: info at durhamloop.org
Subject: ACTION: East End Connector needs YOUR HELP
Importance: High

 

Thanks for your support to get the East End Connector funded and built over
the last several years. This road is still officially Durham's top highway
priority -- but unfortunately not NCDOT's.

 

This issue needs YOUR HELP again - by sending a brief email (see below).

 

Feel free to FORWARD this email WIDELY!

 

As a reminder, the EEC will complete an eastern bypass that will take
cut-through traffic off our neighborhood streets, while easing commutes from
northern Durham to RTP. It is also the top local priority for road
construction, and a cornerstone of the Eno Drive Compromise from 2002. (For
more background, see www.DurhamLoop.org <http://www.durhamloop.org/>  - site
will be updated soon.)

 

The state Board of Transportation is considering delaying the East End
Connector indefinitely by diverting funds elsewhere in N.C. - against the
wishes of many Durham neighborhoods, community organizations, City Council,
County Commissioners, our state delegation, and the editorial boards of the
Herald-Sun and N&O. The Board needs to hear from you that Durham needs the
East End Connector to get funded and built!

 

Please send a brief, positive, and polite email to the N.C. Board of
Transportation (see sample below).

 

Thanks for your continued support! And please feel free to contact me if you
have any questions.

 

 

Caleb Southern

www.DurhamLoop.org <http://www.durhamloop.org/> 

 

 

 

SAMPLE EMAIL

(You can cut and paste this into your email program.)

 

Send to:


tdenning at dot.state.nc.us; ltippett at dot.state.nc.us; info at durhamloop.org;
stan at outerbanksrentals.com; 

mblount3 at theblountlawfirm.com;
cam at becajun.com;Lanny73763 at aol.com;tbetts at centura.com; kenspaul at gte.net; 

napro1 at earthlink.net; dmcamp at bizec.rr.com; dgalyon at gfd.com;
GRK at sbldrsinc.com; nancy.dunn at aladdintravel.com; 

perkins at ncat.edu; cowellm at aol.com; Larry at larryhelms.com;
judgecollier at bellsouth.net; cburrell at webmail.southwest.cc.nc.us

 

 

Subject: SUPPORT Durham East End Connector

 

 

Message:

 

 

Dear Secretary Tippett and Honorable Members of the N.C. Board of
Transportation,

 

I am writing to urge you to fund construction of the Durham East End
Connector in the 2006-2012 Transportation Improvement Program.

 

The East End Connector (EEC) is the oldest unfunded highway project in the
entire state (U-71, planned in 1959!). It is also the top priority of the
Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro MPO, and Durham City Council and Board of County
Commissioners. This road enjoys the official support of numerous community
groups and neighborhood associations throughout Durham. 

 

The EEC is also of statewide significance. It will provide direct freeway
access from I-85 North to Research Triangle Park (RTP), one the state's
largest job engines. In addition, it will greatly improve access from I-85N
to RDU airport, the US-1 south corridor, and western Wake County.

 

The EEC will also complete an east-west link that will provide an
alternative to the eternally gridlocked I-40 corridor through RTP. NCDOT and
the taxpayers of North Carolina could save billions on future upgrades to
I-40 by building the EEC and allowing US-70 to serve as a parallel route to
ease congestion on this perennially overcrowded corridor.

 

The EEC is eligible for state Highway Trust Fund dollars. Please make the
construction of this needed road a priority in the 2006-2012 TIP.

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

 

 

 

 

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