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. _ 000010 . , Neither water nor sewer service is immediately available to the site. Extension of gravity-flow sewer service to the site would - require constructing a major outfall to the site from the existing line along MOrgan Creek ( near its intersection with U.S.15-501 ) , along wiisoz4 Creek and Obey's Creek. Such an extension would involve about 2.5 miles of 12-15-inch. pipe that must cross at least 17 properties. The construction and easement acquisition costs of such a project would probably be prohibitively expensive and impossible to achieve. Any extension of sewer service to the site other than part of a gravity-flow system would be contrary to Town and OWASA policy. Although Town standards can prohibit development of that part of the property located in the Town's planning jurisdiction to urban intensities unless it served by • gravity-flow 'sewer, we do not believe County regulations can do so for that part -of the property located in the .County's planning jurisdiction. We believe the the. distance and extent of construction and easement acquisition necessary to provide sewer service to the site is evidence that urban development of the site before develdpment of the- intervening properties is premature. Even if a developer of the site were willing and able to pay the high costs of the necessary gravity-flow sewer extension, such extension would Immediately open up several square miles of intervening imdeveloped land to urban development. However, the other urban services needed to serve that urban development would . not be in place. The area south of Morgan Creek lacks the fire station needed to provide its urban development with adequate fire protection, I lacks the community park needed to meet the recreational needs of its urban development, and is served by a single thoro ghfare that is already handling near-capacity traffic loads. . Access to any development of the site, or of any other property south of the By-Pass, depends on U.S. 15-501's capacity to handle traffic. The capacity of the existing roadway is already strained by current traffic loads. U.S 15-501 had a daily traffic count of 9200 in 1984.1 The level C capacity of the road is approximately 8000 vehicle e per day. The road's level D capacity is 9600 vehicles per iday. The current ADT of 9200 represents 115% of the- level C capacity and 96% of the level D capacity. The current R-1 zoning of the site .would allow approximately 87 residential dwelling units. The proposed R-4 rezoning would allow 348 units. 87 units would generate 870 trips per day while 348 units would generate 34801 trips per day. - The amount of traffic generated by urban development opened up by extension of lsewer service up Wilson and Obey's Creeks would create- severe traffic problems on U.S. 15-501 South. The traffic capacity of U.S. 15-501 should be increased before any substantial trban development is allowed south of the By-Pass. Although improvement of U.S. 15-501 southward to Culbreth Drive is already or the NCDOT Traffic Improvements Program (TIP) , improvement cJf the roadway on southward to the Chatham County line •