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o1 TRANSPORTATION The means and manner by which people and goods are transported influence physical development patterns of an area. In the Harmon Young study area, th road system serves two functions: .traffic movement .land access For an individual , the performance and adequacy of the road system is ev by objectives!I such as speed, convenience, safety and cost. For the county as whole,eveluatipn is based on broader objectives such as the impact on the econ growth protenitial for an area and whether the existing character of the area disturbed. The Harmon Young Study area contains a relatively adequate road network. This network is comprised of roads classified as interstate (1-85 and Propose arterials (NC 86, old 86, and US 70); and collectors (old NC 10, SR 1006 Oran Grove Road) . The classification system used describes roads according to the of service. In general , the higher the road classification, the more intensi service provided; that is the greater the access provided to large land areas within longer distances. Lower road classifications indicate the primary ser provided by the road . is access to individual land uses and access to roads se a traffic movement function. interstate and arterials are designed to provide the best service and sh travel times linking employment, shopping, education and population centers. roads provide, area with access to arterial and interstate roads. All other r are classified as local roads which provide the least intensive traffic moverr the greatest land service. There are three major areas in the study area that presently are not ser by the road system. This is due primarily to absence of development in the a These areas include the area south of 1-85 between NC 86 and Old 86; the area. between 1-85 and US 70 bounded by Old 86 and the Colonial Hills subdivision, the area loc ted south of the Eno River outside of the Hillsborough extraterr planning jurisdiction in the north eastern corner of the study area. The proposed 1-40 corridor will link 1-85 near Hillsborough to the exist 1-40 terminus at the Research Triangle Park. Where this route crosses orange access to other employment certers such as Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and F Triangle Parki will be improved, thus increasing development pressures at the interchanges. Between 'Chapel Hill and Hillsbor©ugh,four interchanges will be sited: (1 and Weaver Dairy road, just north of Chapel Hill ; (2) New Hope Church Road, j east of NC 86; (3) Old 86 just south of.. Hijlsborough; (4) 1-85 southwest of Hi This third interchange is located in an area underserved by the existinc >. ' network. To �accomodate new Orange County residents or commercial/industrial gar;: , • • ...