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roads rated it to 50 the property owners cost would- be <br /> increased by 1.25% for each priority rating.- level . For <br /> ' 034 ' example: Priority #2-10 50%, #11-51 .25%, #20-62 .5 <br /> #30- 75%, #40- 87.5%, #50 and above- 100%. ' <br /> TI . Di:Sus,Sioq • <br /> A. Land Use and ,Euhl ie Service <br /> 1 . Fire ponds are important factors in Public Safety and <br /> are not recognized in the existing Priority Rating <br /> System. Though a fire pond ma y b <br /> infrequently, when needed it ' s use will berepeated.onIn <br /> inclement weather the heavier tanker trucks will cause <br /> rapid deterioration of an unpaved road. This could <br /> possibly lead to a slowdown , or stoppage in the delivery <br /> of water to a fire site. Though we feel that most First <br /> Aid or Rescue Facilities in North Carolina are located <br /> - on paved roads , we considered that the Priority Rating <br /> System . might allow. /0 - 25 points for each fire pond <br /> or first aid facility. Both cases were evaluated. The <br /> results appear in III , Evaluation. <br /> B. Traffic.Chazaciardslica <br /> 1. The existing Priority Rating System awards ten <br /> points <br /> for each road that is used by school buses. The <br /> committee considered that the points awarded should be <br /> proportionate to the total number of buses that use the <br /> road since the level of risk to public safety is <br /> 1 -~ proportionate to the number of buses , <br /> were evaluated. The results appear apuaoaones <br /> ppear in III , Evaluation. <br /> 2 . The types of vehicles using a road should also be <br /> considered in the assignment of <br /> question is not dealt with formally byr the�committeeThin <br /> this recommendation, and is mentioned here as a request <br /> for some guidance from the Board of Commissioners . <br /> Sand, stone, and gravel quarries/pits , and loin <br /> operations abound in North Carolina , and are usually <br /> located in a remote area served by unpaved roads. These i <br /> trucks represent both an increased road hazard and a <br /> more difficult maintenance task. As a result, the use <br /> of the roads by residents is at greater risk. <br /> would_ surely. reduce the- hazard level . Paving <br /> feels that the- Commissioners need to address thiiism issue <br /> because- the enforcement of speed ,, loading, <br /> access. . restrictions- become more• formidabl a withtrthe <br /> paving of these roads ... <br /> C. nazal_Rauta_Chaz aIttiiti.al <br /> 1 .. Another area that the Committee has touched upon is that <br /> of the quality of the unpaved road, and it 's assignment <br /> of a- priority: for paving. It would seem, logical that an <br /> unpaved - road which has many- turns , changes- in grade , <br /> MMI <br />