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Apparently some Hillsborough residents are working to restore train service to their town. It sounds encouraging, although I'm confused that they didn't mention TTA or plans for regional rail connections.
The potential of commuter rail service returning
to Hillsborough is part of a study being conducted by engineering firm
HNTB, which was presented last week to town officials and residents.
Jim Kessler, an HNTB representative,
explained the scope of the study that explores the possibility of
passenger trains stopping through Hillsborough. The study, which began
in October and will conclude in June 2008, will explore how well-suited
the current rail system is to passenger service, Kessler said. It is
not, he added, a feasibility study that would lead directly into
restoring those services.
[...]
The concept plan for UNC's Innovation Center, a.k.a. Carolina North Stage One, will be presented to the Chapel Hill Town Council in a few weeks. I still think they're jumping the gun by planning this without the big picture vision in place.
On Jan. 13 -- the day after the town concludes its annual planning retreat -- town and university leaders will meet to share information on Carolina North. Evans said it will be the first time some members of the Town Council hear ideas about the development directly from the university.
So far, no part of the approximately 250 acres on the Horace Williams Tract that university officials have tentatively outlined for development has come to the Chapel Hill Town Council for review. That will change on Jan. 23 when the council is scheduled to receive a concept plan for the Innovation Center, a business incubator touted as the first building on the new campus.
"I don't know whether it sets a tone or not," said Chapel Hill Town Councilman Jim Ward. "But 2008 in my mind is going to be the year I'm anticipating some piece or some form of Carolina North will become more real than it is today."
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