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Presently, the only municipally sewered area in Cheeks Township is the portion of Mebane's corporate limits that extends into the Township and the area southeast of Mebane between 1-85 and U.S. 70 where an additional park is located. The Town of Mebane also supplies water within its cor- porate limits and within the immediate vicinity of the Town. The Orange- Alamance Water System supplies water beyond Mebane and along U.S. 70 bet- ween Mebane and the Eno River. Their dam and filter plant are located on the Eno River just north of where it intersects with U.S. 70. Distribu- ti on lines for this system extend throughout the road network in the Efland area. Transportation Cheeks Township contains the principal east-west transportation corridor through Orange County. Nine and one-half miles of Interstate highway (1-85), over seven miles of a major state highway (U.S. 70), eight miles of rail line (Southern RR) and several miles of locally important roads make up this corridor. The principal north/south routes are: Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004-1357), Buckhorn Road (SR 1114), Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120), Mebane Oaks Road (SR 1007) , Bowman Road (SR 1142), West Ten Road (SR 1144), Lebanon Road (SR 1306) and Doe Run Road (SR 1343). A modified version of the North Carolina Highway Functional Classification System has been used to describe the road network in Cheeks Township. The system describes parts of the road network based on factors of access and mobility. The most important roads (Interstate and arterial highways) pro- vide the best service (shortest travel time) to and fram important employ- Merit, shopping, educational and population centers. Roads of lesser im- portance (collector roads) do not provide as good a service function, but do provide an area with access to the major road system. The least impor- tant roads (local roads) function in the most limited service capacity, but in aggregate provide large land areas with access to the more impor- tant roads and highways. The major highway in Cheeks Township is Interstate 85, and the arterial highway is U.S. 70. The next classification level, collector, includes the following Township roads: Efland Cedar Grove Road (SR 1004-1357), Buckhorn Road (SR 1114), Mt. Willing Road (SR 1120), Mebane Oaks Road (SR 1007) , Bowman Road (SR 1142), West Ten Road (SR 1144), Lebanon Road (SR 1306) and Doe Run Road (SR 1343)., All other roads are considered to be at the local level of service function. Cheeks Township's transportation network adequately connects the Township with such population centers as Burlington, Durham and Chapel Hill. The construction of the proposed Interstate 40 extension would bring Raleigh and the Research Triangle Park within closer traveling time of the Township. In addition, 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 location of the Township in the region, as well as the large land areas within it which have convenient access to Interstate 85, U.S. 70 and the Southern Railway lines, make Cheeks Township attractive to industrial development interests.