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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">A major meeting on the Future of US 70 was held on May 22nd at Carolina Arbors in SE Durham. Speakers included State Senator Mike Woodard, State House of Representatives member, Zack Hawkins (both
on the State Transportation committee), NCDOT District 5 engineer, Brandon Jones and DCHC MPOExecutive Director, Doug Plachcinski. The event was attended by Mayor O’Neill and Councilpersons Middleton, Williams, Caballero and Hosey along with about 200 Carolina
Arbors residents.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Attached please find video of the nearly 2 hour meeting along with supporting documents refuting the climate and safety advantages being promoted by the MPO in their approach to make the road a
boulevard. This has been an amazing process with the MPO refusing to even acknowledge the existence of a mapped, funded NCDOT plan in community engagements and their plan to host another round of resident discussions in the hopes of finding people who agree
with their approach. (Since in the first round they were told to pursue the limited highway option.) CAMPO, the Wake County counterpart, is going with the freeway option as was DCHC MPO before a change in its leadership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHp2vfJzLg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsHp2vfJzLg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.prwlaw.com/are-highways-safer-than-roads/">https://www.prwlaw.com/are-highways-safer-than-roads/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862437/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6862437/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">As Councilperson Williams said in an N&O interview on April 12,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> “the state’s current system of highways and roads work best for rural and suburban
areas but isn’t a good fit for urban areas that want alternatives.” Last we checked, SE Durham is Suburban to Rural, not Urban.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Stephen Knill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Co-founder, the Leesville Road Coalition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black">Vice President, The InterNeighborhood Council of Durham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Stephen Knill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:knillsj@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">knillsj@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">+(917) 620-4941<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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