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19_80 figure of 2 .84 glKsons pgr household remain-s- unchced <br /> in the 1987 estimates of housing and population. <br /> Circulation <br /> A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional <br /> Classification System has been used to describe the road <br /> network in Cheeks Township. The system describes parts of <br /> the road network based on factors of mobility and access. <br /> The most important roads (interstate and arterial highways) <br /> provide the best service (shortest travel time) to and from <br /> important employment, shopping, education and population <br /> centers. Roads of lesser importance (collector roads) do not <br /> provide as good a service function, but do provide an area <br /> with access to the major road system. The least important <br /> roads (local roads) function in the most limited service <br /> capacity, but in aggregate provide large land areas with <br /> access to the more important roads -and highways. <br /> Cheeks Township contains the principal east-west <br /> transportation corridor through Orange County. Nine and one- <br /> halt miles of interstate highway (1-85) , over seven miles Of <br /> a major arterial highway (US 70) , eight miles Of rail line <br /> (Southern RR) and several miles of locally important roads <br /> make up this corridor. The principal collector routes are: <br /> Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004-1357) , Buckhorn Road (SR <br /> 1114) , Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120) , Mebane Oaks Road (SR <br /> 1007) , Bowman Road (SR 1142) , West Ten Road (SR 1144) , <br /> Lebanon Road (SR 1306) and mill Creek Road (SR 1343) . <br /> The objective of any component of a transportation system. <br /> such as a street or highway. igs = accommodate a sRecific <br /> amount _o_f traffic while providing the operator with an <br /> acceptable level of love-1, of isery Ict is <br /> Irgaue ntl_y gled as &A appropriate criterion for hi and_cih <br /> str -urRo"e and is defined by the North Car, olina <br /> _�at des' 1D <br /> Department artment of Transportation-_ <br /> . n (NCDOTL as a zone of stab flow <br /> ely controlled <br /> bV <br /> with svend and manauveZ:aI2i_lity more cl <br /> higher volmel Lev_e s of service ran�Le =o which is a <br /> L ad <br /> condiLi_on marked by 12w-volume and h,= §2pe_d _ to the forced <br /> fl_ow onerations at low speeds marked by an 'F' level Of <br /> sorvice. <br /> All of Ile Township's collector roads are well within <br /> canacit-y c <br /> Eiven a LQL level of service. The 1987 average <br /> daily. volumes ganced from a hi of 1 ,400 vehicles 2ftr day <br /> (yRd) on Mill Creek Road a st north of Lebanon Road to a— low <br /> of 300 vpd on mt. Willing _Road at the intersection Of <br /> Buckhorn Road. the capacities of the Township' s collector <br /> roe given a level of service ICI and a 45 ap_h Umit <br /> range upward to 5,250 vpd, placing _q1J of the collector roads <br /> well under caoacity., At 55 M2h,,_ caRa ty drops as low as <br /> 21100 vpd ffic. flow. <br /> still allowing for a stable tra <br /> 3. 8-3 <br />