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The Chapel Hill — Carrboro Thoroughfare Plan describes the basic network of roads that is intended to serve the urban area . It identifies existing streets and roads that are to serve as major and minor thoroughfares , and calls for the construction of new roads to complete the system . The plan covers an area extending from University Lake o the west to Farrington Road in Durham County on the east . 1-40 form the boundary on the north , and Lystra Road in Chatham County is th southern boundary . Major features of the plan include 1-40 and circumferential outer loop system which connects existing segments o Weaver Dairy Road , Homestead Road , Old Fayetteville Road, Parker Road , and Pope Road . The Land Use Plan will utilize this road network as th basis of the transportation system serving southeastern Orange County . The Thoroughfare Plan classifies roads into three general categories : local streets, collector streets , and thoroughfares . The primary purpos of local streets is to provide access to adjacent property . Collecto streets serve both traffic and access purposes . The primary function o thoroughfares isl traffic movement . One of the key transportation issues not addressed in the Thoroughfar Plan is the design of collector streets — those streets that provid access between developed areas and thoroughfares . When new tracts g into development, an increasingly common conflict is the desire t protect existing neighborhoods from increased traffic volumes . Thi clashes with the'', desire for an integrated , efficient network of road that link neighboring areas . A collector roads plan will not be component of this Land Use Plan . Rather, statements of policy , in th form of goats and objectives in the text of the Land Use Plan , can b expected to influence new development on a site—by—site basis . A constraint on , transportation planning is funding sources . Major an minor thoroughfares that support urban development are State roads These roads are built , maintained, and improved by the North Carolin Department of Transportation . The State determines when and wher improvements will be made . Thus , the local governments involved i preparation of this Land Use Plan have less control over major roa improvements than any other public facility . Another key transportation matter is public transit service . Th Thoroughfare Plan and the current zoning atlas work together t encourage increased densities along major arterial routes in the Chape Hill—Carrboro area . Increased densities make transit service mor economical and feasible . This is a key concern in light of possibt future federal reductions in transit subsidies . This concept is one o the factors to be considered in drawing a new Land Use Plan an specifying development densities . Other Public Facilities Community facilities in an urban setting are the responsibility of loca government . In Chapel Hill and Carrboro community facilities have bee put into four categories : — Leisure Activities : Open Space Recreation 34