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COPY - NCOOT <br />May 7, 1990 <br />Dear Residents of Orange County: <br />I would like to take this opportunity to comment on the <br />Orange County Thoroughfare Plan. To accommodate Orange County's <br />request, the Orange County Thoroughfare Plan is based on the <br />Orange County Road Classification system. <br />The County Road Classification plan uses similar terminology <br />for road classifications as that used in the State system, <br />however, the terms represent different classes of roads. In order <br />to clarify these discrepancies, the Orange County Thoroughfare <br />Plan includes on its legend the County classification and its <br />corresponding State equivalent classification. The equivalents <br />hold true for all but two instances. US 70 and NC 86 are Primary <br />Arterials on the County Classification system which corresponds to <br />a Minor Arterial on the State system, but in these cases the two <br />are major collectors. This is due to the fact that the State <br />Minor and Principle Arterials are classified on a statewide basis <br />and federal guidelines allow for a maximum percentage of arterial <br />road mileage compared to total road mileage for the state. North <br />Carolina is currently exceeding this percentage, therefore it is <br />not possible to reclassify <br />Sincerely, <br />Danny Roger <br />