WHAT: Comment period on conceptual plans for town-owned land
WHEN: Open through Friday, April 16
HOW: Online via the Town of Hillsborough Rail Station Task Force page or to the attention of Senior Planner Tom King
- By fax — 644-2390
- By mail — Attn: Senior Planner Tom King, Town of Hillsborough, PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278
- In person — Town Hall, 101 E. Orange St.
The Town of Hillsborough invites the public to submit comments on conceptual plans, which include a rail station, for 20 acres that the town owns southeast of downtown.
The Rail Station Small Area Plan Task Force presented the conceptual plans at an open house March 31. Under the plans, the town-owned site off Orange Grove Street would include an arts and cultural center, fire station, multi-level parking garage, office space, cinema, park land and townhouse condominiums as well as the rail station, which would have space for a police station. The HYAA — Hillsborough Youth Athletics Association — ball fields that are now located on the property would need to be relocated as site development progresses over time.
A transportation network and land uses are proposed as well for adjacent property to the south, which is located immediately behind the Daniel Boone shopping area and commonly referred to as “the Collins property.”
The plans may be viewed on the Rail Station Task Force page of the town’s Web site. The 3-D renderings are conceptual; they do not represent final design, architecture or scale of the buildings. The style and density of proposed buildings or land uses likely will change as more input is provided throughout the planning process.
Comments may be submitted online via the Rail Station Task Force page through Friday, April 16. Or they may be submitted to Senior Planner Tom King by fax at 644-2390; by mail at Attn: Senior Planner Tom King, Town of Hillsborough, PO Box 429, Hillsborough, NC 27278; or in person at Town Hall, 101 E. Orange St.
Citizens are asked to separate their comments by the Hillsborough tract site plan and the Collins property conceptual plan. For both plans, comments are requested on:
- The proposed transportation network
- The proposed land uses
- Any concerns
Comments on the Hillsborough tract’s overall site plan also are requested as well as any other comments regarding the Rail Station Small Area Plan.
The task force plans to present a finalized site plan and report to the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners in late spring.
For more information on the task force, visit its page on the town’s Web site or contact King, who is the staff liaison to the task force, at 732-1270 Ext. 73.
