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48 <br /> 0 <br /> crosses the Township east/west. The corridor, made up of I- <br /> 85, US70, and Southern Railroad, provides a transportation <br /> network attractive to industrial development by linking <br /> Hillsborough with the major urban areas of the. Piedmont <br /> Crescent. The second factor is the area's. proxim ty 0 major ` <br /> employment centers TH Durham an soEt-Sern Orange ­Count X_ -T <br /> Influence ol -t-Us actor will Increase with t gletloa <br /> I-40. <br /> Land Use Distribution and infrastructure <br /> The Town of Hillsborough constitutes the major development <br /> center in Hillsborough Township. In the southern portion of <br /> the Township, outside , the Town's extraterritorial <br /> jurisdiction, the land use pattern consists of low to medium <br /> density residential development, several commercial, and a <br /> few industrial uses. The northern tier of the Township is <br /> characterized by a mix of farms and low density residential <br /> development, with a small scattering of commercial and <br /> industrial activity. <br /> Most of the area within the corporate limits of the Town of <br /> Hillsborough is served by public water and sewer. Large <br /> areas outside Town limits also receive Public services from <br /> town's <br /> -the Town. in 1987, 22�roximateLy one-half_a <br /> customers re outside the corporate limits. Areas. <br /> wa:Eer d <br /> td- ta south east, and to a lesser extent, north of Town <br /> are al-so sewered by gravity lines or force mains. some, but <br /> 11111i terri f <br /> _;—ot raterri o _Jal <br /> not Ell these areas D in the 7 <br /> - expect to L32 Avant <br /> Jurdl j7 <br /> ;n_�2d can <br /> , <br /> The major limitation to eXpansion of the Town water <br /> d1str Ution system, as well - as the sewer systemV is <br /> dimznis i <br /> n ex S11Aca2aci v in Lake Ben -Johnson the Drimary <br /> new <br /> at for the Town. There are no sites for aw <br /> im—poundme:- planning u diction, so <br /> 1�oun ent within the Town <br /> dm <br /> solutions Mus e re q.. <br /> J�- e ona in scoPe. Impacts ansion <br /> ; b i <br /> expansion is <br /> wMI als—o -Fe- whether the <br /> throu- interlocal agreements with other water producers or <br /> an lHc ease in the <br /> - size OZ t <br /> per no waters ed�. <br /> Household Size And Housing _Stock <br /> The housing stock of Hillsborough Township, -according- to- the <br /> __.�toc� By 1987, that number had <br /> 198D -C—_ens_u_ s, was 3,23.F�units- units,increased-5y" an estimated one-third to 4,312 AM6 <br /> qP <br /> 2 <br />