American Tobacco Trail Workday Saturday, June 14 2008 9 a.m.

[Bill Bussey]

Hi Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,

This message is to remind you of our American Tobacco Trail workday,
*Saturday, June 14*, at the Chatham-Wake County line in Chatham County 
at 9:00 a.m. 

Please join us for this workday, *Saturday, June 14*, at the 
Chatham-Wake County line in Chatham County.at 9:00 a.m.

*Directions:
*
 >From I-40 Exit 276, Southpoint Mall-Fayetteville Road, go south - away
from Durham - toward Jordan Lake.

Go past the mall on your right and 2.4 miles all the way to the end of
Fayetteville Road. Here, Fayetteville Road intersects NC 751 at a light.

Turn left at the light. Go 6.6 miles, passing O'Kelly Chapel Road at .75
miles and New Hope Church Road (see Exxon convenience store on left) at
4.2 miles. At or near 6.6 miles is Lewter Shop Road on the left. See the
sign for Jean's Berry Patch (now Pumpkin Patch). Turn left onto Lewter 
Shop Road.

Go approximately 2.5 miles or so. See a place with small auto/truck size
trailers on the right. Immediately beyond his place is the Chatham/Wake
County line. The road changes texture at the county line. About a 1/4
mile beyond the county line, you'll see White Oak Church Road on your
right. Continue beyond to the first left past White Oak Church Road.This
is Farrell Road. If you cross the ATT and construction beyond, you've 
gone too far.

Next:  See *Farrell Road* below.
*
Directions from Cary:

*From Cary take High House Road to NC 55. On High House, cross NC 55 at 
light moving west. High House changes to Green Level Road. Go 
approximately 2 miles to the first major crossing with 2 way stop 
intersection. Those coming from right and left stop. Turn right onto 
Green Level Church Road and drive approximately 3 miles. Pass Green 
Level Church on your left and Brooks Park on your right. Cross the ATT 
(you'll see bike and pedestrian crossing signs) Turn right at the first 
right past the ATT onto Farrell Road. If you come to the intersection of 
White Oak Church Road on your left, you've gone too far.

*Farrell Road: *

Turn left onto Farrell Road. Go about 3/4 mile. Pass the Turtle Farm
subdivision entrance on your left. The trail will be on your right. 
Continue on to where the paved road turns to gravel. Park on the left 
side of the road before the road turns to gravel.  I'm sure our cars 
will be parked there so you'll see them. We'll be working on the trail 
to the east of there. The driveway will be immediately left of the 
mailboxes. If you arrive late, walk down the rightmost driveway down to 
the trail. We don't want to park in or near the driveway where we'll be 
working, so we'll walk a few hundred feet in down that driveway.

Our goal is to do general trimming of growing briars, low hanging limbs, 
maintenance and upkeep on this section of trail, as well as work on some 
drainage ditches here.
 
Last week, Lee Ellen Goodrich, John Lloyd, Barry Weston, Bob Salano, 
Curt Devereux, Dan Clever, Frank Bennett and Bill Bussey hauled junk, 
appliances and trash from the woods adjacent to the ATT at Solite Park 
in southern Durham. All received their National Trails Day T-shirts and 
enjoyed TRTC provided Chatham County water!

The resulting gathered pile was 31 feet long by 10 feet wide by 5 feet 
high. This photo doesn't even show it all 
<http://triangletrails.org/images/CLEANUP74.JPG>. Thanks to Barry for 
the use of his truck to not only haul the junk, but in literally pulling 
a lot of it out - often piece by piece - from the woods. Also thanks to 
the City of Durham Neighborhood Improvement Services Dept. and the Parks 
and Recreation Dept. for hauling away all of this. It was a great team 
effort on what is up to now, the hottest day of the year.  Thanks to all 
for the great work!
 
At this Saturdays' workday, as always, bring *work  gloves, full shoes 
or boots, long pants,  *and other clothing appropriate for the weather. 
I generally wear a lightweight long sleeve shirt to protect against 
briars and sun. Bring water and a snack if you like. 
Be prepared for briars and ticks because you will be in grass and in the 
woods.

You will need to sign a waiver and participation list.

While you don't have to bring any tools because we do have some tools,
we do have a wish list of tools if you'd like to bring them.

We can use string trimmers for this workday.

If you have a mower of any kind, and care to bring it, please do so.

If you have some, bring a pair of loppers. 

If you have a pole saw, please bring it.

Feel free to bring a small hand pruning saw if you like.
 
We can always use a pickup truck which you don't mind hauling brush,
logs and trash on the trail. Please contact Bill Bussey 
<mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 or Frank Bennett 
<mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com> 919-851-3992 so we can make plans.

We'll work till about noon, and probably a bit after.
 
If you or your group would like to work days or early evenings other
than Saturdays, please let Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> know.

Please let Frank Bennett <mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com> 919-851-3992 or 
Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 
know anytime if you have any questions.

For more information on ATT workdays, please see our Volunteering page
at: http://triangletrails.org/VOLUNTEERS.HTM

For directions to workday meeting places and ATT Trailheads go to our
directions page at: http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM

Future workdays are still being planned. Here is the tentative schedule
for upcoming workdays.

*Upcoming American Tobacco Trail Workdays *

*Saturday, June 14* Chatham Workday 9 a.m. Just north of the 
Chatham-Wake County line
*
Saturday, June 21* Durham Workday Fayetteville Road Access 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.

*Saturday, June 28* Chatham Workday Probably New Hope Church Road Access 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.*

Saturday, July 5 *Festival for the Eno Info Booth  All Day July 4,5 & 6.
*
Saturday, July 12* Durham Workday Probably  Scott King Road Access 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM>  9 a.m.

*Saturday, July 19* Chatham Workday 9 a.m. Just north of the 
Chatham-Wake County line

*More News

*Bids to construct the American Tobacco Trail in Chatham County will be 
opened at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 12 at the Parks and Recreation Dept. 
offices in Cary Town Hall*//*. We've got a copy of the plans, and though 
disappointing in several ways, are about what we expected. There are 
only a few areas where we'd really like to see some changes.

Depending on the results of the bids received, the ATT in Chatham County 
could be under construction by the end of this year. Stay Tuned...

The second Community Meeting about the planned pedestrian and bicycle 
bridge crossing of *I-40 for the American Tobacco Trail (ATT)* was held 
April 29 in the City Council Chambers at Durham City Hall.  

This meeting, which was hosted by the City of Durham Department of 
Public Works (and facilitated by Steven Grover and Associates) focused 
on a selection of bridge concepts and designs for this long anticipated 
bicycle and pedestrian bridge.

About 100 ATT trail supporters and interested folks attended this 
informative meeting. It was refreshing how Stephen Grover discussed the 
bridge and the thoughts behind it in a very intelligent manner. He spoke 
up to those in attendance instead of talking down to them, as is usually 
the case when consultants speak before the public. Most questions were 
answered thoughtfully with time after the meeting for individual 
discussion with the architect and staff involved.

Cudos to Stephen Grover, staff at Parsons Brinkerhoff, and Byron Brady 
for setting up this meeting.

If you missed the meeting, here are some links that may give you a sense 
of what happened.

http://www.bullcityrising.com/2008/05/another-look-at.html
 
Should you have any questions or input regarding this meeting, please 
contact Byron Brady, PD CPESC, Contract Engineer, City of Durham at 919 
560-4326 x 296 or byron.brady AT durham.gov <mailto:byron.brady at durham.gov>.

Feel free to contact Mr. Brady at the above address with your questions. 
Better yet, contact the Durham City Council 
<mailto:council at ci.durham.nc.us> (this address sends your message to all 
of the Durham City Council) and tell them how much you want the ATT I-40 
bridge AND trail built as quickly as possible. You might also ask them 
to attend the meeting as well.

If you have any questions regarding this message, or want to chat about 
the trail or bridge, or don't know who to ask or talk to about your 
ideas or concerns, please feel free to contact Bill Bussey Triangle 
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy 919 545-9104 americantobaccotrail@ 
embarqmail.com <mailto:americantobaccotrail at embarqmail.com> or Dan 
Clever 919 286 3827 daclever@ gmail.com <mailto:daclever at gmail.com> 
 
You can print out our latest ATT map *right now* at 
http://www.triangletrails.org/ATT.HTM . Click on both links under the 
thumbnail for both sides of the map.

Don't let the thumbnail fool you. This is our new color ATT map done by 
Wayne Horton of Winston-Salem.

And let me take this opportunity to *Thank You* for all of your help
and support in building, cleaning and clearing the American Tobacco
Trail in 2007. Thanks to your hard work, expertise and
diligent efforts, we are making steady progress.

Thousands of trail 
users are *now safely using* the sections of the trail and facilities
you have helped clear, clean and build. We get so many wonderful
comments and thanks on how well the trail looks when folks use these
facilities. These trail users are often *amazed* to find out that these
improvements were done *completely* by volunteers. Thank you for the
great work and for volunteering your valuable time to help with this
project. Know that it wouldn't be possible without the great work of
each and every one of you.

Thanks for your help and support in building the American Tobacco Trail.

Happy Trails,

Bill Bussey
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
americantobaccotrail at earthlink.net
www.triangletrails.org
919 545-9104
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