Carrboro connector road discussion to continue

There was enough opposition against a Carrboro property development to delay the decision on the creation of a new connector road.

The resistance was in response to a second road into the proposed Colleton Crossing development which residents of neighboring communities say will bring traffic to their neighborhoods.

The Carrboro Board of Aldermen decided to postpone further discussion of the proposed road until April 28. The road would provide a second form of access to a planned neighborhood blocked on all sides by existing neighborhoods.

Originally" the road was planned for use as an emergency access only. But developers expressed a desire to use it as an alternative entrance and exit for the neighborhood in order to ease the traffic burden on Claymore Road.

The road would pass through the property of two nearby houses.

""I don't understand why the planning department would have requested the developers to further explore an easement and it somehow ended up in my backyard"" said Kay Hengeveld, the owner of an affected lot.

We were never told that it was going to be considered.""

The second road from the development would intersect Tallyho Trail" which provides access to the Fox Meadow Neighborhood. The developers said a main road would make commuting easier for residents.

The Highlands residential area is one of two neighborhoods expected to be impacted in more ways than one by the proposed development of Colleton Crossing in Carrboro.

In previous town meetings residents voiced their concerns about the implications of the construction of a connector road from the neighborhood.



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