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Ik Excerpts from Durham 2005 Comorehensive P'an 22 GROWTH MANAGEMENT A critical element of the Comprehensive Plan is its policies dealing with the relationship between future property development on the City ' s edges and the provision of urban services . The policies in this plan reflect a subtle but significant change in the City ' s approach to that relationship. In • general , Durham will take a more aggressive stance in directing urban growth through regulating the availability of urban services and encouraging public/private partnerships in infrastructure improvements . The impetus for a change in Durham ' s approach results from a combination of forces . The recent boom in development activity portends future rapiid growth . Development activity is presently concentrated in the southern areas , but may be expected to concentrate in the north ( i . e . , the Eno River basin) when Treyburn development stimulates additional growth . Sewer service is presently at practical capacity levels in several of the City ' s wastewater treatment basins . The City recognizes that , in the face of increasing demands for services and facilities and limited public resources for infrastructure improvements , public investments must be carefully applied , directed and timed to stimulate cost efficient development patterns . Likewise , private investments in infrastructure necessary to support new development must be secured , directed and timed to stimulate cost efficient development patterns . . The following growth management strategies are diagrammed schematically in Figure 9: Growth Management Schematic.