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1 60 14 Road System Assessment A qualitative assessment of the road system balance in Orange County indicates a fairly well defined arterial system. Hence, the primary focus of this assessment is on collector roads and major local roads served by the collectors. The arterial system provides good north-south and east-west movement, with the primary demand being east and west. With land use controls, there is adequate potential capacity to serve existing and future traffic volumes. The east-west facilities are fairly well spaced with NC 54 serving southern Orange County and US 70 located slightly north of the middle of the County. The north-south arterial demand is served by NC'49 (northwestern portion of the County), NC 86 (from NC 49 in northwestern portion of the County to Hillsborough in the central portion of the County to Chapel Hill in the southeastern portion of the County), NC 57 (central portion of County northeast to Person County), and NC 157 (northeastern portion of the County). The balance of collectors and major local roads in Orange County is assessed in regard to the desired or expected future land use. For this assessment, the rural portion of the County consists of Little River, Cedar Grove, Cheeks and Bingham Townships. The land use plan and the land use goals and organizing concepts contained in the plan clearly intend for development in the non-urban areas to remain at low densities in order to preserve the rural character of those areas, to protect drinking-water supply watersheds, and to cut back costs associated with the provision of County services. With the exception of some continued urban transition along the US 70 corridor between Hillsborough and Mebane, the land use plan envisions the rural areas to continue to be agricultural with low-density residential uses requiring no urban utility services. The existing collector and major local road systems are well developed in both north- south and east-west directions in the County. The average spacing between collectors or from collectors to arterials is three (3) miles. Spacing of the major local roads is more frequent, forming a finer network of roads. Spatially, there does not appear to be a deficiency in the collector and major road system. There are several large "superblocks" ranging from 1,550 to 3,880 acres. These areas are shown in Map 2. Descriptions of these superblocks, by township, follow. Bingham Township • Area bounded by NC 54 on the south, Dodsons Crossroads South (SR 1102) on the east, Dairyland Road (SR 1177) on the north, and Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) on the west. • Area bounded by Dodsons Crossroads South (SR 1102) on the west, Dairyland Road (SR 1177, SR 1113 and SR 1112) on the north and east, Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104) on the south and east, and NC 54 on the south. F:\PLANNING\KLINCOLN\oamppian\transete.dac\2.10-0012-15-00