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Transportation <br /> In its capacity as the major transportation route in Bingham Township, NC 54 <br /> clrries an average daily traffic load-of 6,000 vehicles at its busiest point <br /> within the Township. A second, important east/west route is the Old Greensboro <br /> Road/SR 1005, which averages 1300 vehicles per day at its busiest point within <br /> the Township. <br /> The north/south routes are not as important, the busiest ones are Orange <br /> Grove Road with a traffic count of 790 and White Cross Road/SR 1951 with an <br /> average daily traffic county of 630 vehicles. Additional north/south routes <br /> include bodson's Crossroads/SR 1102, Netane-Oaks Road/SR 1007 and Orange Chapel <br /> Glover Garden Road. In general, all other roads only provide a local level <br /> services function. <br /> Natural Environmental Constraints <br /> Bingham Township contains natural environmental constraints because of flood- <br /> , plains, water resources, a few steep slopes, and soil conditions. Floodplains <br /> that represent identified constraints occur along the Haw River in the southwest <br /> corner of Bingham; along Cane Creek and its tributaries in the central. and <br /> northwest sections and Collins Creek in the south central portion of the town- <br /> ship. Approximately 28% of the University Lake watershed extends into the <br /> eastern section of the Township consisting of 5385 acres or 8.4 square miles. <br /> The watershed which would drain into the proposed Cane Creek reservoir covers <br /> 20,160 acres or 31.5 square miles of Bingham Township. Steep slopes respresent <br /> a limited constraint, occuring primarily along the Haw River and same sections <br /> of Cane Creek. Soil conditions in the east central and southeastern area of <br /> the Township present some limitations to building or development activity <br /> because of a heavy clay content and shallow depth to bedrock. Additional <br />