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015 more would create considerably more traffic turning off of Lawrence Road than was indicated in the traffic study. He also noted that there was a fatality at NC 86 and Old NC 10 two years ago involving a motorcycle. He also expressed concern that there was no accident report for Lawrence Road noting that, even though they were usually not very serious accidents there are a large number of them. Mr. Singleton asked about the possibility of lowering the speed limit in the area and Slade McCalip responded that NCDOT would have to make the assessment for lowering the speed limit. Mr. Singleton noted that another important issue is that of inadequate water pressure and referring to the number of dwellings being proposed. An independent testing had been done which indicated the highest pressure was never more than 25 pounds. Mr. Singleton continued that another major concern is that the recreation area is inadequate as proposed which indicates to him that the children will wander the neighborhood and use other residents' yards as playgrounds. Property value was also an important concern of Mr. Singleton. He felt that the subdivision as proposed was too many houses on such small tracts of land. He noted that presently the area is zoned R -1 and while he did not always expect it to remain R 1, he was hopeful that the zoning would remain something closer to R 1. Zoning is supposed to protect but he felt this would be extreme density without proper traffic control and planning. Mr. Bill Hendrickson, resident on Lawrence Road, referred to ' Wyngate Subdivision and the backup of traffic halfway to the Lawrence Road and NC 10 intersection that is created every afternoon when the school bus stops at the entrance to Wyngate. He was concerned with the impact on the schools and school bus traffic from the development. He asked what comments had been received by the school board and Cameron responded that the school board receives copies of Preliminary Plans for review and comment when exact density is known. Mr. Hendrickson indicated he is in favor of homes in this price range for the area, however, density is a major concern. He continued that he felt this tract of land would lend itself to a variety of housing which would help with the issue of intense density. He referred to a project in Chapel Hill by the same developers and concerns with the traffic study. He emphasized that traffic studies must be taken very seriously. Mr. Hendrickson also expressed concern with the addition of 240 homes to public sewer. He indicated he had heard comments of inadequate sewer management and noted that issue should be addressed prior to approval. He asked whether the recreational area was public or only for this development and the response was that it would be for this development and not public. He continued expressing concerns that there should be access to the recreation area for surrounding residents and this would create more traffic and parking issues. He also asked that the traffic engineer consider all of the additional traffic for construction and service vehicles.