Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Trails

Here is another NEED. The trail that now runs from Culbreth to Dogwood Acres Drive, essentially ends there with no plans, I have been told, to continue the trail further south. There are no plans, again as I understand it, to lay any sidewalks or other means for residents to WALK south of that point along any road. Similarly, to the east of Obey Creek, there are mostly roads without a route for pedestrians. I would put ahead of virtually anything and everything I have heard about Obey Creek development the need to complete that pedestrian network within a two mile radius of Obey Creek. That ought to be a clearly higher priority than another movie theater, for example.
Imagine a network of trails and sidewalks that opened up all of southern Chapel Hill, and all of southern Orange County to the Chatham County line, putting pressure on that county to do the same so we meet at the border, and can keep walking north or south when we do!
For example, where could the trail go that might connect much of this area? For me, that's even better than more sidewalks, but the key is to make the whole area pedestrian accessible.

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