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015 Traffic on Cedar Grove Township arterials is within capacities that allow for a relatively free flow of traffic. NC86, the main north-south route through the Township, has a capacity of 2,790 vehicles per day ( vpd ) given a 55 mph speed limit and providing a level of service ' C. ' ith a spee limit of 45 mph the capacity increases to almost 7 ,000 vpd. The average 1984 daily traffic on NC86 was 4,600 vpd just north of Phelps Road ( SR1551 ) and dropped to 2, 100 vpd between Hawkins Road (SR1508) and Hurdle Mills Road ( SR1504 ) . prior to its junction with NC49 at rospect i e average daily count was 1 ,700 vpd. For NC49 , the 1984 traffic counts were slightly lower, ranging from a high of 2, 100 vpd at Carr to a low of 1 ,600 vpd at Prospect Hill . The 1984 traffic counts reflect a minor increase over 1980 . The increase on NC49 ranged from 5% at Carr to 23% at Prospect Hill while the increase on NC86 was 15-21% at all recorded locations in Cedar Grove Township. Agriculture Cedar Grove Township is one of Orange County ' s most important agricultural areas. Tobacco, small grains, and soybeans are the leading crop commodities in the Township. Dairying and hog production are also important agricultural activities in Cedar Grove Township. Orange County' s tobacco production is centered in Cedar Grove Township with 70-80%, over 1650 acres, of the County ' s total tobacco acreage in the Township . County wide in 1985, tobacco generated almost $5.5 million, making it second only to dairying as a source of farm income. Additionally, Cedar Grove Township provides the County with 20% of its small grain production and 25% of its soybeans. Six of the County forty-four Grade A dairies are in Cedar Grove Township with an estimated total of over 400 cows. The trend of rapid farmland conversion evident in other areas of the county has not occurred in Cedar Grove Township. This is, in part, a reflection of the Township ' s distance and isolation from urban areas. From 1955 to 1977 the North Carolina Crop and Livestock Reporting Service reported virtually no change in the amount of harvested and idle farmland (Table 3-1 ) . While the North Carolina Crop and Livestock Reporting Service discontinued acreage counts by township after 1977, a more recent source seems to indicate a continuation of the stability of Cedar Grove Township farmland acreage. Orange County ' s use valuation program, which allows for farmland to be taxed at use value rather than the higher market value, registered a 17% increase in Cedar Grove acreage between 1982 and 1986 . While much of the increase can be attributed to increasing knowledge of the program, which began in 1981 , viewing the increase in the context of other data lends 7 . g-7