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ORANGE COUNTY �` 09 HOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date May 16 1990 Action Agenda Item # /.Q SUBJECT: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.6 TRANSPORTATION OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEPARTMENT: PLANNING ATTACHMENT(S): - Existing Section 2.6 - Proposed Amendments to Section 2.6 PUBLIC HEARING x Yes No INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan which defines County - specific road classifications and a collector /subcollector road system. BACKGROUND: Section 2.6 of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan as adopted in 1981 classifies highways broadly as interstate, arterial, and collector. Several years ago, the Planning Board identified the need for more specificity in classifying the County's road network taking into account the character as well as the gross carrying capacity and current traffic flow on existing roads. It was also the desire of the Planning Board to define a classification system that would lend itself to inclusion in a county -wide thoroughfare plan to be produced in cooperation with NCDOT. To aid in developing the functional classification system, the following roadway characteristics were inventoried: length, type of surface, number of lanes, road width, shoulder width, right -of -way width, adjacent land use, extent of development, speed limit, traffic control, roadway alignment, and traffic volumes (historic, existing, and projected). The Transportation Advisory Subcommittee (TAS) working with the consulting firm of Kimley -Horn used the above information in conjunction with the existing classification system and NCDOT recommendations to