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He continued that the planned development process provides advantages, not shortcomings, in the proviion of improvements, expectations and a unified development s approach to the development of the property. Barrett commented on the water usage ' issue noting that a moratorium was not necessary. He continued that the sense of urgency was clear and that the Board needs to set policy, make choices and implement these choices. He noted the Burlington option is subject to definitive contracts and technical details; the Seven Mile Creek option is subject to planning and site acquisition; and that other options are available including other reservoir sites, water from Durham or the Jordan reservoir. He suggested that the water concerns can be met and solved emphasizing that Scotswood is not the problem. Barrett commented on the traffic issue. He reviewed data presented by the staff, NCDOT and the consultant. He noted that all of the experts cited indicated that the service level of the road system will be maintained with adequate improvements and safe traffic capacity and intersection movements. Noting that the Hillsborough thoroughfare plan is somewhat stale, he emphasized that Scotswood is located at the intersection of three major thoroughfares on the current plan: Miller Road, St. Mary 's Road and US 70. Barrett suggested that the the consultant, and the County work together to review the options available for road improvements and to assess the impacts of the Scotwood development on the road system. He emphasized that no single developer or even a group of developers can provide all the infrastructure in a community, they can only contribute to it. He noted that the historical role of local government is to finance infrastructure and provide for it. He continued that the Town of Hillsborough is responsible for updating its thoroughfare plan, which it is in the process of doing, an activity which is essential to handle growth whether or not it is associated with Scotswood. He added that the applicants are willing to participate in the update of the thoroughfare plan. Barrett continued that most of the traffic will not go to downtown Hillsborough. He added that the applicants were equally concerned with maintaining the scale and charm of downtown Hillsborough and do not wish to contribute to the ruination of the Town. Barrett noted that a functional bypass exists, Lawrence Road, with improvements as evidenced by the comments of Mayor Sheffield and the traffic consultant. He unpaved portion of Lawrence Road needs tontbeued vtedt the d. e commented on the bridge that presently exists over Eno noting that the alternative to the improvement of this bridge would result in environmental costs of recrossing the Eno and destroying historical homes. Barrett informed the Board that the applicant had had the routes to the project timed and that it was quicker to travel