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Commissioners approve consent item for NCDOT easement at 15501 Garrett Road; county real estate officer describes grade-change work
Summary
Durham County approved a consent agenda item providing easements to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for a grade change and access roads at the intersection of 15501 Garrett Road, county staff said.
Durham County commissioners on Monday approved a consent agenda that included a resolution authorizing easements to the North Carolina Department of Transportation for a grade change at the intersection of 15501 Garrett Road.
Nancy Mitchell, senior real estate officer for Durham County, told commissioners that NCDOT is doing a grade change at the intersection and that the easements being approved provide access roads on either side of 15501 to gain access to the elevated highway. Mitchell said the board had previously approved these easements and that NCDOT requested a resolution for the record.
Why it matters: The easements allow NCDOT to construct access roads tied to the grade-change work; the transcript indicates the action had been discussed and approved previously and that the county acted to confirm the easements at NCDOT’s request.
Board action: The consent agenda — which included the easement resolution listed as agenda item number 250122 regarding 15501 Garrett Road — was approved on a unanimous voice vote. Vice Chair Mike Lee moved to approve the consent agenda and Commissioner Stephen Valentine seconded; Chair Nida Alam and the full board responded “Aye.”
Transcript detail: Mitchell summarized the project: “North Carolina Department of Transportation is doing a grade change at the Intersection Of 15501 in Garrett Road. The easements that you are approving the resolution for tonight is to provide access roads on either side of 15501 to gain access to the, to the elevated highway.” She added that the board had approved these easements a few months earlier and that NCDOT requested the resolution be returned to the board.
Context and follow-up: Commissioners asked for clarification about what is happening at the intersection; Mitchell provided the project description as summarized above. The consent agenda covered multiple items; the transcript indicates no separate roll-call on the easement beyond the consent approval. County staff did not provide a construction schedule in the meeting minutes recorded in the transcript.
The consent agenda vote was recorded as unanimous in the meeting transcript.
