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TO BE DELETED AND REPLACED WITH PROPOSED <br /> SECTION 2.6 TRANSPORTATION <br /> Z <br /> Both of these data files are reproduced in Appendix A of the imle - <br /> Horn Phase I Repoorrt. • Data files .include the following: <br /> - Road (route name and road name)' <br /> - Segment description (from, to) <br /> - Distance (miles) <br /> - Pavement type (paved or unpaved) <br /> Road type (number of lanes) <br /> - Pavement width (feet) <br /> - Shoulder width (feet) <br /> Pa'zed shoulder (paved or unpaved) <br /> - Right-of-way width (feet) <br /> - County land use designation <br /> Existing land use along road frontage (percent -agricultural, <br /> residential, industrial, or commercial. -- remainder assumed <br /> undeveloped) <br /> - Type of control at termini (stop sign, signal, none) <br /> - Speed limit (MPH) <br /> - Advisory speed on curve (MPH) <br /> - Terrain (level, rolling, mountainous) <br /> Historic traffic counts (vehicles per day) <br /> - Projected traffic volumes (vehicles per day) <br /> - County road classification (existing classification) <br /> - NCDOT road classification <br /> - Recommended classification <br /> - Comments (Township and other comments) <br /> Classification Criteria <br /> Upon evaluating the above data as well as the geographic <br /> relationships of roads to adjacent counties and to cities and major <br /> destinations within Orange County, the following classifications were <br /> determined to best describe the public roads in Orange County outside <br /> of the urbanized planning boundaries: <br /> Principal Arterial <br /> Minor Arterial <br /> Collector <br /> Major Local <br /> Minor Local <br /> These classifications are a refinement of the current NCDOT <br /> classifications used in the County Land Use Plan. The definition of <br /> a road classification is subjective and qualitative; and subsequently <br /> so is its application to a road system. The description of these <br /> functional classifications developed for Orange County is shown in <br /> Table 1. <br /> 2 .6-a <br />