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Pittsboro Residents Fight N.C. DOT, Chatham Park Investors Over a Road That Would Traverse Their Rural Neigborhood Lisa Sorg/NC Policy Watch Mark Pavao has lived in the rural North Woods neighborhood in Pittsboro for 24 years. The proposed Chatham North Parkway would cut through his land. This story first published online at NC Policy Watch.  Mark Pavao was working in his home that is tucked inside a woods and perched above a creek when he heard chainsaws.  Contractors hired by the N.C. Department of Transportation had asked him if they could walk through part of his property in rural Pittsboro. He agreed to a stroll. He did not agree to what happened next. 

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