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Hillsborough wants your ideas on downtown rail station plans

Posted on April 8, 2010April 8, 2010 by Staff

The Town of Hillsborough has invited the public to submit comments on draft plans for a passenger rail station on the town-owned site off Orange Grove Street.

In addition to the rail station, the plans include an arts and cultural center, fire station, multi-level parking garage, office space, cinema, park land and townhouse condominiums. The plans for the 20-acre site also include space for a police station within the rail station.

Under the plans (which can be viewed on the town website, ci.hillsborough.nc.us), Hillsborough Youth Athletics Association ball fields located on the property would need to be relocated.

A transportation network and land uses are also proposed for the adjacent property to the south, located immediately behind the Daniel Boone shopping area, commonly referred to as the Collins property.

The Rail Station Small Area Plan Task Force presented the conceptual plans at an open house on March 31 and plans to present a finalized site plan and report to the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners in late spring.

The town has specifically requested input regarding the overall site plan, the plan’s proposed transportation network and the proposed land uses, as well as any other concerns. The town asks that citizens separate their comments for the Hillsborough tract-site plan and the Collins property conceptual plan.

The town is accepting public comments on the plans until April 16. Comments can be submitted online at ci.hillsborough.nc.us/content/rail-station-small-area-plan-comment-card/; faxed to senior planner Tom King at 644-2390; mailed to Tom King, Town of Hillsborough, P.O. Box 429, Hillsborough, N.C., 27278; or submitted in person at Hillsborough Town Hall at 101 E. Orange St.

— Staff reports

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