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2 <br /> The proposed gravity sewer service is to be extended by <br /> means of an eighteen inch interceptor line constructed <br /> along Cates Creek from the end of the Town' s existing <br /> gravity collection system near Wilmore Electric to a new <br /> manhole located a point just north of Interstate 85. From <br /> this manhole, located at the point where Cates Creek <br /> intersects a tributary stream flowing from the Wildwood <br /> area, a twelve inch outfall line will be extended along the <br /> tributary, under Interstate 85 to the Wildwood pump <br /> station. The pumps at the pump station will be removed and <br /> the structure converted to a manhole. The eighteen inch <br /> Cates Creek sewer interceptor will, for the present, <br /> terminate at the manhole at the intersection of Cates Creek <br /> and the Wildwood tributary. At some future date, the <br /> interceptor could be extended south and southwest along <br /> Cates Creek, under Interstate 85, to the vicinity of the <br /> intersection of Interstate 40 and Old Hwy 86. The service <br /> area implications of this potentiality are being discussed <br /> by the I-401old NC 86 Economic Development District <br /> Workgroup. The potential for providing sewer service to <br /> the northeast and northwest quadrants of the I-40 and old <br /> NC 86 interchange has been favorably considered by this <br /> group. <br /> The proposed Cates Creek interceptor crosses property owned <br /> by Orange County and currently the site of the Orange <br /> Enterprises facility. The property is located on Valley <br /> Forge Road which intersects Hwy 86 approximately 2000 feet <br /> north of the intersection of NC 86 and Interstate 85. The <br /> entire parcel contains approximately three acres and the <br /> easement requested contains approximately one-half acre. <br /> The Orange Enterprises building is located in the southwest <br /> corner of the parcel, on the Valley Forge Road frontage. <br /> The proposed easement runs all the way across the rear of <br /> the property and lies in an unused and unusable (from a <br /> building standpoint)- heavily wooded area within the Cates <br /> Creek floodplain. The proposed easement does not interfere <br /> with the existing building, parking area or other <br /> facilities. <br /> The proposed location of the Cates Creek interceptor <br /> represents a potential benefit to the County and Orange <br /> Enterprises. Sewer service to the Orange Enterprises <br /> building is currently provided through the use of a small <br /> and sometimes problematic sewer pumping station. The <br /> proposed location of the interceptor would furnish a means <br /> of providing the building with a gravity sewer connection <br /> and eliminating the existing sewer pump. The installation <br /> of the interceptor along Cates Creek could also benefit <br /> County economic development efforts by providing the access <br /> to municipal sewer service that is necessary for the <br /> expansion of Eurosport. This company, which specializes in <br /> catalogue sales of soccer clothing and equipment, is <br /> located in the old White Furniture complex. on Hwy 70 <br /> Business. The facility is currently served by an aging <br />