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9 available including other reservoir sites, water from Durham or the Jordan reservoir. He suggested that the water concerns can be met and solved emphasizing that Scotswood is not the problem. Barrett commented on the traffic issue. He reviewed data presented by the staff, NCDOT and the consultant. He noted that all of the experts cited indicated that the service level of the road system will be maintained with adequate improvements and safe traffic capacity and intersection movements. Noting that the Hillsborough thoroughfare plan is somewhat stale, he emphasized that Scotswood is located at the intersection of three major thoroughfares on the current plan: Miller Road, St. Mary's Road and US 70. Barrett suggested that the consultant, NCDOT, the Town and the County work together to review the options available for road improvements and to assess the impacts of the Scotswood development on the road system. He emphasized that no single developer or even a group of developers can provide all the infrastructure in a community, they can only contribute to it. He noted that the historical role of local government is to finance infrastructure and provide for it. He continued that the Town of Hillsborough is responsible for updating its thoroughfare plan, which it is in the process of doing, and which activity is essential to handle growth whether or not it is associated with Scotswood. The applicants are willing to participate in the update of the thoroughfare plan. Barrett continued that most of the traffic will not go to downtown Hillsborough. The applicants are equally concerned with maintaining the scale and charm of downtown Hillsborough and do not wish to contribute to the ruination of the Town. He noted that a functional bypass exists, Lawrence Road, with improvements as evidenced by the comments of Mayor Sheffield and the traffic consultant. The unpaved portion of Lawrence Road needs to be paved. He noted that the bridge that presently exists over the Eno would need to be repaired which would result in environmental costs of recrossing the Eno and destroying historical homes. Barrett informed the Board that the applicant had had the routes to the project timed and that it was quicker to travel Lawrence Road than to go through downtown Hillsborough, making provisions for the stoplights and stopsigns. He cited the declining trend in the accident statistics at the intersection of US 70 and St. Mary's Road adding that the turn lanes will improve the accident statistics. All major road improvements will be in place in the first phase. He concluded that the consultant and NCDOT projected that the proposed improvements would be adequate. Commissioner Willhoit asked the priority number for Lawrence Road. Watkins did not know the answer. Larry Meisner of Kimley-Horn referred to an earlier question regarding US 70 and noted that 35% of the traffic would be eastbound on US 70, or approximately 4000 vehicles per day. The 7-9 am peak hour traffic would account for 60% of the total traffic impact with 1/2 of the impact based on the shopping center. He continued that there would be less traffic in the p.m. peak hours because the school traffic peak