[Greenway-board] American Tobacco Trail Construction in Chatham County to begin September 8

[Bill Bussey]

Hi Friends and Volunteers of the American Tobacco Trail,

I apologize if you receive this message multiple times.

*American Tobacco Trail Construction in Chatham County to start Monday 
September 8*

*Please read* the message from Joe Godfrey, Senior Park Planner for the 
Town of Cary below:

All,

I am pleased to inform you that the Town of Cary will be issuing Holmes 
Contracting, Inc. a Notice To Proceed with the construction of the 
Chatham County segment of the American Tobacco Trail. We anticipate 
beginning construction on September 8, 2008 and completing the project 
in June, 2009.

As you know the project consists of the construction of a 4.68-mile long 
multi-use trail with two typical sections as follows: beginning at the 
Wake-Chatham County line and continuing to the south side of New Hope 
Church Road, the first section of the trail shall consist of a 12-foot 
wide granite screenings surface. The second section of the trail shall 
consist of a 10-foot wide asphalt surface and an adjacent 6-foot wide 
crushed stone surface from the north side of New Hope Church Road to the 
terminus of the project at the Chatham-Durham County line. The Project 
also includes the renovation of two wooden bridge structures, 157 and 
170 feet long.

 We anticipate that the project will be constructed in 4 sections which 
are listed below. The contractor will begin with the Wake-Chatham Co. 
Line to New Hope Church Road section.

   1. Wake- Chatham Co. Line to New Hope Church Road
   2. New Hope Church Road to Pittard Sears Road
   3. Pittard Sears Road to O'Kelly Chapel Road
   4. O'Kelly Chapel Road to Chatham - Durham Co. Line

Please forward this email to any user groups that I may have missed.

Thanks, Joe

Joe Godfrey, RLA
Senior Park Planner
Town of Cary
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources
PO Box 8005
Cary, NC 27512-8005
Ph:   (919) 462-3863
Fax: (919) 469-4344
Email: joe.godfrey at townofcary.org

*This is Great News!

*This means that the American Tobacco Trail will be closed for use in 
the construction zones, with the first phase from the Chatham-Wake 
County line, north to New Hope Church Road and from New Hope Church Road 
to Panther Creek starting this coming Monday, September 8. We understand 
that the bridge contractor will be using the trail to access and 
construct the Panther Creek bridge first. After completion of Panther 
Creek, they will construct the Northeast Creek bridge.

The ATT access from Scott King Road south to Northeast Creek, and 
O'Kelly Chapel Road north to Northeast Creek, will continue to be open 
for use for the next several months. However, those sections will be 
closed when construction gets underway for them.

*For your own safety and the safety of your loved ones, please DO NOT 
USE the American Tobacco Trail while and where it is under 
construction.* The ATT will be very much off-limits while construction 
machinery is in place and in use.
*
If you see construction machinery working on the trail - turn around.* 
Please do not attempt to ride or walk through the construction zone.

The trail will be torn up quite a bit during construction, so it won't 
be a very nice place to walk or ride anyway. Please stay off the trail 
in construction zones.

*Please Read and Heed construction area signs for your own safety.*

Again, the ATT will be under construction in Chatham County starting 
this Monday, September 8. Please stay off the trail in construction 
zones. Please heed signs, notices and any instruction or directions by 
construction staff for your own safety.

For further information, please contact Joe Godfrey at his number above. 
You can also contact me <mailto:billbus at gte.net>for more information if 
you like. But I'll defer to Joe if I'm at all unsure of the answer. 
We'll periodically post updates on this list as construction progresses.

Keep in mind that 6.3 miles of the ATT is open in Wake County, and 6.5 
miles, plus an additional 3 miles are open in Durham. There are over 80 
miles (very rough guess) of trails and greenways in the Triangle, plus 
hundreds of miles of bike lanes. Thus, there are a lot of places to walk 
or ride while ATT construction is happening!

Thank you for your continuing support for the American Tobacco Trail.

Permission is given to share and post this with other lists and 
organizations.

Happy Trails,

Bill Bussey and Dan Clever
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
www.triangletrails.org
919 545-9104
americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com
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