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MINUTES ON THE PROPOSED RIVER HIGHWAY (HWY.150) CORRIDOR STUDY
PRESENTATION (4:00 P.M.) & BRIEFING SESSION (5:00 P.M.)
NOVEMBER 2] 2000
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, November 21, 2000, beginning
at 4:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center (South Wing Conference Room), 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC 28677.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Steve D. Johnson (arrived at 4:35 p.m.)
Tommy E. Bowles
Alice T. Fortner
Alice M. Stewart (arrived at 4:20 p.m.)
Staff present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein, and
Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
4:00 P.M.
PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED RIVER HIGHWAY (HWY. 150)
CORRIDOR STUDY: In attendance with Planning Supervisor Ron Smith and Inspections Director
Lynn Niblock were: Mitzi Waddell, Dr. Jackie Grigg, Sandy McCurdy, and Allan Williams, all
members of the planning board. Also, BENCHMARK INC., Planner Robert Van Geons and
commissioner -elect Godfrey Williams were present.
Smith said the River Highway Corridor Future Land Use Study (2000) was requested by the
board of commissioners to examine current and future land uses. Mr. Smith said the study was
approved by the planning board on November 1, 2000, and a public input session was held on
October 11, 2000. Smith said the study was an update to the current Land Development Plan
adopted in 1997. He also said the study did not change any zoning designations, but rather it could
be reviewed as being:
-An amendment to the existing plan.
•A tool to guide growth through local land use decisions.
•A growth boundary to be used until River Highway was widened.
•A recommendation regarding future land use and traffic mitigation such as:
Where to draw boundaries/interconnectivity/curb-cut limitations and aesthetics.
-An approach (proactive) to future growth.
-An aid to the school system and county departments in planning for future
development.
Smith cited the following key points about Hwy. 150.
1. The practical carrying capacity of the roadway, in its current configuration and condition, is
10,500 average daily trips.
2. In 1991, the section of River Highway between Interstate 77 and the Catawba County line was
exceeding the practical capacity for a two-lane road. At that time, it was listed in the
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for widening to a multi -lane facility.
3. Since the Thoroughfare Plan was adopted, average daily traffic counts have increased to 22,700
and the improvement project is an unfunded one in the TIP.
4. Over the last five years, there have been 14 rezonings along the corridor.
5. New daily trips associated with the rezonings are approximately 5,400.
Mr. Smith shared the following charts.