Carolina North
Thoughtful transportation planning is critical to the success of the proposed Carolina North campus. Traffic impacts resulting from Carolina North will be felt most immediately by the surrounding neighborhoods in northern Chapel Hill, but will ultimately affect all citizens in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and portions of Orange County.
Neighborhoods for Responsible Growth (NRG) will sponsor a public meeting “Carolina North: Don’t Get Stuck in Traffic” on Sunday, May 3 from 4-6 pm at the Homestead Community Center (600 Homestead Road). The event will focus exclusively on traffic and transportation issues for Carolina North and will allow time for you to put forward your ideas. Town Council Members and University officials plan to attend and participate in this forum as well.
The Chapel Hill Town Council will likely sign off on the final Development Agreement for Carolina North at the end of June. Time is very short for us to react to the traffic challenges presented by this historic development.
We hope that you or someone from your household can attend this important meeting. Public participation will play an important part in this meeting and in the solution!
Contact Julie McClintock at mcclintock.julie@mindspring.com for additional information about this meeting.
Date:
Sunday, May 3, 2009 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:
Homestead Community Center, 600 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill
Via e-mail from the Town Chapel Hill:
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CAROLINA NORTH
Public Input/Information Session
Advisory Board Review
7:00 – 9:00 pm, Wednesday, April 1 * Chapel Hill Town Hall * 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
A
Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held in the
Chapel Hill Town Council Chambers at 405 Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard. At the meeting, Town Advisory Boards will be presented
information about the University proposal as well as the regulatory
mechanism that has been endorsed by the Town Council and University
representatives as the preferred tool for guiding development at
Carolina North: establishment of a Development Agreement with a base
zoning district. Public Comment will be accepted.
Carolina
North is expected to be contained within about 250 acres of the Horace
Williams Tract’s 1,000 acres and be built in phases over the next 50
years, as proposed. The property lies just to the north of Estes Drive
adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Town and the
University are now engaged in the preparation of a new zoning district
and a Development Agreement for the initial phase of Carolina North,
expected to be 133 acres to be developed over approximately 20 years.
For more information, contact the Town of Chapel Hill Planning Department at (919) 968-2728 or
carolinanorth@townofchapelhill.org. Additional material is posted online at www.townofchapelhill.org/carolinanorth.
Date:
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
Chapel Hill Town Hall, 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
On Tuesday evening, March 31, at 7 :00 p.m. the consultants who prepared the fiscal impact analysis for Carolina North will present their final report. You can see the report at http://research.unc.edu/cn/specifics.php .
The meeting will be held in the Wicker Classroom (Room 2603) of the School of Government. You can park after 5:00 p.m. in the SOG parking deck or at metered spaces on South Road. The paid parking in the NC 54 visitor's lot and the Rams Head deck. The SOG is served by CH transit routes RU, G, S and V.
Date:
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 3:00pm
Location:
School of Government, Wicker Classroom
Was there a major basketball game this weekend? Did it mean heavier use of Horace Williams Airport? This graph from flightaware.com covers the most recent weeks' air traffic per hour.
This is old news for most people, but thought it might be interesting to see it represented this way. Still convinced that this airport will remain open indefinitely - because the RDU project may be suspended indefinitely, because funding for CN continues to be a major issue, and because even if closing it might save the University (and taxpayers) some money, users will never allow closure. Not as long as UNC is in the running for March Madness, anyway.
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CAROLINA NORTH
Public Input/Information Session
3:00 - 7:00 pm, Wednesday, March 4 * Extraordinary Ventures, 110 Elliott Road, Chapel Hill *
A Public Input/Information Session on Carolina North will be held at Extraordinary Ventures, 110 Elliott Road. Please note that in response to feedback from the public, the times have been modified and the session is now scheduled from 3 pm – 7 pm.
Carolina North is expected to be contained within about 250 acres of the Horace Williams Tract’s 1,000 acres and be built in phases over the next 50 years, as proposed. The property lies just to the north of Estes Drive adjacent to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Town and the University are now engaged in the preparation of a new zoning district and a Development Agreement for the initial phase of Carolina North, expected to be 133 acres to be developed over approximately 20 years.
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