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Pg. TRANSPORTATION The means and manner by which people and goods are transported influence the physical development patterns of an area. In the Harmon Young study area, the road system serves two functions: `traffic movement - land access For an indl dual , the performance and adequacy of the road system is evaluated by objectives such as speed, convenience, safety and cost. For the county as a whole, evaluation iS based on broader objectives such as the impact on the economic growth protentiml{ for an area and whether the existing character of the area is disturbed. The Harmon Y6ung Study area contains a relatively adequate road network. This network is cbmprised of roads classified as interstate (1-85 and Proposed 1-40) ; arterials (NC 86j old 86, and US 70) ; and collectors (old NC 10, SR 1006 Orange Grove Road) . The! classification system used describes roads according to the level of service. In general , the higher the road classification, the more intensive the service provided;I that is the greater the access provided to large land areas and within longer disltances. Lower road classifications indicate the primary service provided by the rioad is access to individual land uses and access to roads serving a traffic movement function. Interstate and arterials are designed to provide the best service and shortest travel times employment, shopping, education and population centers. Collecto roads provide area with access to arterial and interstate roads . All other roads are classified as local roads which provide the least intensive traffic movement, but the greatest land service. There are three major areas in the study area that presently are not serviced by the road system. Itlis is due primarily to absence of development in the area. These areas inclUde the area south of 1-85 between NC 86 and Old 86; the area between 1-85 andIUS 70 bounded by Old 86 and the Colonial Hills subdivision, and the area locatedlsouth of the Eno River outside of the Hillsborough extraterritorial planning jurisdiction in the north eastern corner of the study area. The proposed 1-40 corridor will link 1-85 near Hillsborough to the existing 1-40 terminus atithe Research Triangle Park. Where this route crosses Orange County, access to other employment certers such as Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park wil be improved, thus increasing development pressures at the proposec interchanges . 1 Between ChaPel Hill and Hillsborough,four interchanges will be sited: (1) NC 86 and Weaver Dairylroad, just north of Chapel Hill ; (2) New Hope Church Road, just east of NC 86; (3) pid 86 just soPth of Hillsborough; (4) 1-85 southwest of Hillsborou This third interchange is located in an area underserved by the existing road network. To accomodate new Orange County residents or commercial/industrial users , and the associated increase in traffic, a collector -route May become necessary tO' llr old 86 and NC 86!, Suggested route locations are included in this section.