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6 <br /> PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> DISTRICT DESIGN MANUAL <br /> Section 2.1 Development Areas - Schematic Plans <br /> I-85 Buckhorn Road District <br /> The I-85Buckhom Road Economic Development District is comprised of <br /> 380 845 acres located on the northeast and southeast guadr nts-c�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 229 65_6 Acres <br /> Open Space Area -514 1_Q 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 /> Buckhom Road, and any collector road extended to serve the district must <br /> align with it. <br /> All of the lots in the southern quadrant have direct frontage on either West <br /> Ten Road or Buckhom 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 w ich internal access <br /> roaIs are feasible.and the points at which internal roads would in ersect <br /> with West Ten. will depend in part on which lot(s) is(a first <br /> developed. and how lots are combiners as development occurs <br /> Transit access is also proposed through a seal -lesaed park-and-ride <br /> lot or similar facility located in the northern Quadrant- with access to both <br /> rail and thoroughfare systems. A sidewalk along Buckhorn Road to <br /> -- provide access between the transit station and the southern quadrant will -be needed. Design criteria for these systems are presented in section 3.3, <br /> 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 district as does a Duke Power transmission line and a Public <br /> Service Company gas pipeline. The area is also served by the Orange- <br /> Alamance Water Corporation, and sewer service would be available <br />