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28 <br /> street design PuE2oses and is defined by the North Carolina <br /> Department of Transportation as a zone of stable flow with <br /> speea and maneuverability more closelv con trollea by hi-gWe-r <br /> yolumes. Levels of service range from 'A, ' which is a <br /> condition marked bv low volume and high' speed, to the forced <br /> flow operations at low speeds marked- by an _IF' level---o-T <br /> - service <br /> All of the Township's collector roads are well within <br /> capacity given a ICI level of service. The 1986 average daily <br /> volumes range from, 1,300 vehicles per day (�� <br /> ) on Cole Mill <br /> Road to 600 vpd on New Sharon Church Road. St. Mary I s Ko-acu <br /> an arterial, had an average of 1,600 yod at the Durham County <br /> j.jLne, bu-t-It-dropped to 1,10.0 ypd just west of Pleasant Green <br /> Road. The capacities of the Townshi s collector roads given <br /> a level of service IC a forty-five mile per our speed <br /> limit range upwa d from 5,250 vehicles per (lay, placing all <br /> of the collector roads well under capacity. At frtty-tixe <br /> MP capacity dropsas low as 2,100 YPd, -+^J11 allowing for a <br /> stable traffic flow. <br /> Of the Township's other arterialp, most are operating well <br /> under desirable capacity. For two lane- urban arterials the <br /> No-r-tF Carolina Department of Transp-qrtation Hicfhwgy Ca acit Y, <br /> Manual gives 8,000 -vpd as capacity for a IC' level of <br /> service and a forty-five mph speed - limit. Only US70 B=asz <br /> approaches this caj2acityx with a 1987 average daily traffic <br /> coup f 7,500 vehicles per clay. <br /> The general capacity at level of service ICI for 4 <br /> interstate with four total is 54,000 vehicles per day. The <br /> 1-986 average dally traffic count for 1-85 at the Durham <br /> County line is -slightly less than J­ 1" ' hat,- .reachina- 260700 <br /> vehisles per day. Even---A-tjeve1 'go ' -which <br /> indicates stable flow at speeds egual-to. or greater than 55 <br /> mph, the traffic count is well under the canacitv of 48,000 <br /> vehicles per d <br /> Agriculture <br /> Even with the rapid development that has occurred over the <br /> past two decades_, Eno Township-- remains an impFirtant <br /> agricultural center. Thirty beef . producers, ;ileldincr- 20% - of <br /> the total beef cattle in Orange County, are -located in the <br /> Township, along with one Grade A dairy and two hog- farms. <br /> Overall. 15%-Q - the Cgunty's '--=3 farm innoMe comer, from Eno <br /> Township, a percents that translates into approximately <br /> 53i,000,000 annually based on 1995 data. <br /> End Township is also currently home to five lorcle commercial <br /> stables with a large - horse RP-Pulation. This- sector of the AML <br /> qP <br /> Tarm economy is one of the few expanding in orange Count)L. <br /> 4 <br />