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Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park within closer traveling time of the Township. Cheeks : Township's transportation system places it in direct line of the Northern Piedmont growth area of North Carolina. Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Burlington, Chapel Hill , Durham and Raleigh are the major centers of this growing region. The strategic position of the Township in this region as well as the large land areas within it that have convenient access to Interstate 85, US 70 and the Southern Railway lines, make Cheeks Township attractive to industrial development interests. Existing Land Use and Infrastructure Most of Cheeks Township north and south of the 1-85-US 70 corridor consist of agricultural land uses and scattered non-farm rural housing, All of the medium and higher intensity residential , commercial and industrial uses occur along the I-85-US 70 transportation corridor. The village of Efland and the portion of the Town of Mebane which is in Cheeks Township, serve as the focal poini for most of this medium and higher intensity development. There are several industrial uses along the portion of 1-85 which forms the southern boundary of Mebane's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction. Efland is the site of a few small-scale textile manufacturing firms. There are several commercial uses, some associated with farming and a post office located in Efland. Presently, the only municipal sewered area in Cheeks-Township is the portion of Mebane's corporate limits that extends into the Township and an area southeast of Town between 1-85 and US 70, where the industrial uses are located. The Town of Mebane also supplies water within its corporate limits and within the immediate vicinity of the Town, The Orange-Alamance Water System supplies water away from the Town and along US 70 between Mebane and the Eno River. Their dam and filter plant are located on the Eno River just north of where the River crosses US 70. Distribution lines for this system extend throughout the road network in the Efland area.