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CHALT transit actions
January - March 2019 Provided in depth comments to the Chapel Hill Town Council for the GoTriangle/Chapel Hill Cooperative Agreement including comments to GoTriangle and the MPO on the excessively expensive proposed Light Rail that did not serve our transit needs.....
Local Candidates File for Office in Chapel Hill
This fall, Town Council member Hongbin Gu has decided to put her hat in the ring for Mayor of Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger is running for a fourth two year term as Mayor. A second challenger, Zachary Boyce, a student at the UNC Law School also filed...
Here are 5 reasons Aura does not measure up to the kind of development Chapel Hill needs….
Estes Drive users, neighbors and parents could not convince a Council majority that the Aura development project would fail to protect public safety and ensure a mobile Estes Drive. The Mayor and Town Council voted 5 - 3 a second time on June 23rd to approve the Aura...
Last Meeting Before Break, Council Votes on Two Major Projects
AURA. On June 16, the Town Council voted 5 - 3 in favor of the Aura permit. For a rezoning, the law requires a super majority or two votes with a simple majority. Here is how they voted. How they Voted. On June 28 the the Town Council will vote a second time on the...
Chapel Hill Check-Up, 7:00 pm, June 24th
Join us for a Discussion of where Chapel Hill is Going as a Town 7:00 pm, June 24th Register by sending a request for a zoom link to info@CHALT.org
DOT Has Bad News for Estes Drive
Estes Neighbors has shared the results of the Aura developer's traffic impact analysis that establishes that despite Town turning lane improvements at Estes/MLK, most traffic after Aura will indeed still be worse than present conditions. The Town held a well attended...
AURA: A Legacy Vote for the Town Council
"After the May 26 Chapel Hill Town Council public hearing about the AURA development plan, I (we) wonder if it is too late for a better project for the Butler property at the corner of MLK Jr. Boulevard and Estes Drive. Public interest is at a high level because the...
Transportation and Connectivity Board unanimously denies Aura project…
On April 5th the Transportation and Connectivity Board unanimously denied the Aura project. Aura proposes a very car centric project of 90% rental housing with a total of 650 parking spaces shown on the above Trinsic's map in yellow, immediately adjacent to a transit...
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