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4 t. <br /> 18 . - <br /> PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> DISTRICT GUIDEBOOK <br /> Section 2.1 Development Areas - Schematic Plans <br /> I-85 Buckhorn Road District <br /> The I-85/Buckhom Road Economic Development District is comprised of <br /> 3`90 795 acres located on the northeast and southeast a r rn of <br /> the interstate interchange. This acreage is distributed among the three <br /> principal land use categories in the schematic plan as follows: <br /> Primary Development Area 240 QU Acres <br /> Open Space Area -54 1-4 Acres <br /> Rights-of-Way 29 Acres <br /> Access to interior of the northern_portions of the district is proposed <br /> through the extension of a service road being constructed as part of the I- <br /> 85/I-40 widening. The service road will terminate on the west side of <br /> Buckhorn Road, and any collector road extended to serve the district must <br /> align with it. <br /> All of the lots in the soup .rn Quadrant have direct frontage on either West <br /> Tgn Road or Buckhorn Road. The number of access_points onto <br /> Buckhorn Road and West Ten Road should be minimized by creating <br /> internal access roads where possible. The extent to which internal access <br /> roads are feasible and theme into at which internal roads would intersect <br /> with West Ten will depend in part on which lot(s) is (are) first <br /> developed and how lots are combined as development occurs. <br /> Transit access is also proposed through a eentF011y lee ated park-and-ride <br /> lot or similar facility located in the northern quadrant., with access to <br /> both rail and thoroughfare systems. Access needs include a sidewalk <br /> along Buckhorn Road to,provide access between the transit station and <br /> Jk southern Quadrant. Design criteria for these systems are presented in <br /> section 3.3, Circulation and Parking. <br /> Land uses in and adjacent to the district range from single-family <br /> residential to a variety of non-residential uses. The Southern Railroad <br /> crosses the service district as does a Duke Power transmission line and a <br /> Public Service Company gas pipeline. The area is also served by the <br /> Orange-Alamance Water Corporation, and sewer service is available <br />