AGENDA #3a(2)

 

 

To: Mayor, Town Council Members and Town of Chapel Hill Transportation Dept.

 

From: ROBERT CAMPBELL [[email protected]]

 

Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 8:26 AM

 

Subject:  REQUEST FOR TRANSIT SERVICE TO THE ROGERS ROAD COMMUNITY

 

 

The Rogers Road community has endured many of the negative aspects of this town without benefiting from many of the positive aspects of Chapel Hill. We believe we are entitled to the same services that exist throughout Chapel Hill.

 

When the landfill was placed near our community we had to endure many years of substandard drinking water and lack of sewer and transportation services to our community.

 

It was only after the community endured many significant health issues did the County agree to provide water to our area. We still lack sewer service to our community which severely limits the marketability of our properties.

 

Our community lies within the heavily used transit route for the Orange County Landfill. As such our children have to compete with the constant flow of traffic to and from the landfill. This is further complicated by the lack of sidewalks in our area.

 

The purpose of this letter is to formally request the Town of Chapel Hill to provide Transit Service to our community. We believe that our children have a right to be able to safely reach the parks, libraries and community centers that are located in the town. Our adults can also use this service to travel to/from work daily.

 

As you have found the funds to provide free bus service to the rest of Chapel Hill, we believe we are entitled to some level of transit service for our community. I have personally witnessed several busses on the Airport Road route that arrive 3 minutes apart and have no passengers. These buses are severely underutilized. We believe one of these buses could easily service our community.

 

Please look into this matter for our community by requesting funding for transit service. Thank you and your staff for their help.

 

Minister Robert Campbell

1711 Purefoy Dr.

Chapel Hill NC 27516

(919) 933-6210 /H

(919) 960-3455/W