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5 Appendix 3 outlines the cost per lot to provide sewer with an assessment project. It also shows how that cost could be reduced by additional development in the neighborhood, increasing the number of lots. In other words how the assessment cost could be reduced by splitting it between 200 lots as opposed to 100 lots. The Task Force recommends that an action plan is made to address sanitary sewer provision. The Task Force requests that the Town Council of the Town of Chapel Hill, the Board of County Commissioners and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen work with OWASA to develop an action plan for the provision of sanitary sewer. Additional Road Access Properties in the study area are mostly accessed via Purefoy Drive off Rogers Road. Rogers Road is currently classified as a collector street by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Rogers Road carries approximately 5,000 vehicles per day, a rise from 3,000 vehicles per day in 1990. In general traffic on Rogers Road increases by 4 to 6 percent per year. We would anticipate continued growth in vehicle traffic along Rogers Road linked to continued development along both Homestead Road and Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Purefoy Drive as it exists currently is sufficient to accommodate 500 trips per day and will accommodate the projected trips from the future Habitat for Humanity development proposed at Purefoy D rive . The Task Force understands that new development in the study area may require expansion or upgrade of existing streets. The Task Force identified the need for additional access to the neighborhood and internal road connections. In particular it identified the need to have a north -south roadway connection through the study area to connect to Eubanks Road. As Orange County owns approximately 70 percent of the property with frontage on Eubanks Road including the landfill site, the future operations center and the future animal shelter, the Task Force identified that Orange County needs to be an active partner in the small are planning process and in its implementation. The Task Force recommends that the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County act cooperatively to secure a roadway corridor through the Orange County property to Eubanks Road. Appendix 4 is a conceptual road network providing potential access to and internal connections in the study area. The Task Force The Task Force considered options to provide an east to west road connection to the neighborhood through the Greene Tract. It identified that this would be constrained by the permanent preservation of the Greene Tract and the difficulty in securing a vehicular crossing of the railroad. The Task Force considers that a greenway connection should be explored through the Greene Tract. Greene Tract The Task Force received information from Dave Stancil Director of the Environment and Resource Conservation Department at Orange County concerning the environmental