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4P <br /> condition marked _b r low volume and hi h B eed to the forced <br /> ow o stations at <br /> low B e .marked by 33 <br /> -fl5 'F' level of <br /> service. , <br /> While all the i�� <br /> Townsh roads are currer'll'' v overatinQ within <br /> :............ <br /> its, the, Hillsborouan hfare Plan <br /> acceptable limits <br /> -agd-ob'L-t-d—b the Town of TI ..........I ill............ h re ported that man of <br /> 9 outside the Town I -" are the mayor area roads IFIrton <br /> des!I r-a-b-le- 1, ts and one road within the ToZr7_Im3-ts.- C <br /> -Street, IS ON 11 rer capac." ty. T e Nort"11111i licaroly-n-a De ar M <br /> Transportatioa way Capacity Mar"11 nu al gives 8,000 vilhicleS <br /> per day (vpd) as the capacity for a two-lane urban- arterial <br /> with a e Ir-O an a ort _3' <br /> :kvP service r- �T <br /> 1 of AP_rvI, '�: 7 <br /> C� <br /> Qa7 _jpd for UN-lu <br /> R4'cor ed traffic count 1-987 were 7,500 <br /> Vbd �6 South <br /> ass east a I Bypass. <br /> end_6,50 for NC86 the Township <br /> The remaining arterial and collector roads in <br /> h`33 t r a:t is counts well within acce table limits. —Averacre <br /> roads �!he__ <br /> 19Fj ra ic counts on the remainin arterial r where <br /> Da!q Oran ge-Grove <br /> enter�the ToWnshi ran ed f LL 0-0 n <br /> they <br /> Nr57 1 1987 count of <br /> St. Mary's Road had i ese <br /> in neigh oring Eno Townshi p. CapAgities on th <br /> level o e r-I and a ji2_M2__ <br /> f serve s2eed limit <br /> 5-d-. Even at 55 moh, capacities <br /> range upwar- s !FO—M5 250 vi.. NC57. <br /> ran a from 2 100 on St. Mar 's Road to 2 790 on <br /> The general capacity at level of service cl for an <br /> 5-ti I 1111111111111111­�;I i:VOO'vehicles per day <br /> r a as t <br /> rn-t �ae�Wi Eff-i—Our "I <br /> T-F-e '1986 avers daily traffic count for I-85 at Hillsborough,,,,.... <br /> 5 r:E�I_o se <br /> reached .31 00 vehicles ner d <br /> r areater <br /> stable flow at gn2jds equal o <br /> IB, ' which indica_tes <br /> than 55-MR . the ra 01.1 <br /> 48.000 vehicles per dfi-Ly, <br /> Agriculture <br /> Hillsborough Township has experienced a continuous and <br /> significant loss of agricultural lands as a result of <br /> farmland conversion over the last three decades. Between 1955 <br /> and 1977, the year the North Carolina Crop and Livestock <br /> Reporting Service discontinued its township cropland counts, <br /> Hillsborough Township lost 27% of its crop and pasture lands. <br /> Anecdotal evidence from two sources since then indicates the <br /> trend has continued. <br /> The first source is the Orange County Agr icultural Extension <br /> estimate that 45U acres <br /> gervice. They <br /> AOk <br /> 5. <br />