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INTRODUCTION Orange County is located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina and is considered to be the western hub of the Research Triangle area. Major population centers in the county include Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and the county seat, Hillsborough. The eastern portion of Mebane and the community of Efland are also located in Orange County. Orange County has recently experienced considerable growth, due to such factors as general increase in the Research Triangle region, growth in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (the county's major employer), and the recent completion of I- 40 between the Research Triangle Park employment center and I -85 at Hillsborough. In order to deal with these growth issues, the County has commissioned several planning studies: a comprehensive land use plan; a rural character study, in which issues of preserving rural areas in the county; a watershed protection study; and this transportation plan. The transportation plan was initiated due to concern by the County with the impact of the Durham - Chapel Hill Thoroughfare Plan and especially the thoroughfare plan for Hillsborough on the rural portion of the county. The County also had concerns over such growth - oriented issues as policies and standards for private roads in new developments and for studies of the traffic impact of new developments. Because of these concerns, the County selected Kimley -Horn and Associates, Inc. to perform a comprehensive transportation plan for the County. Phase I of this study, included in this report, consists of the following elements: o County - Specific Road Classification System o Collector /Subcollector Road System o Private Road Standards and Policies o Traffic Impact Study Requirements and Procedures 1