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34 <br />In order to .adequately assess the balance of collectors and major local roads, the <br />desired or expected future land use must be understood. The rural portion of the <br />County (for the purposes of this study) is contained primarily in Little River, Cedar <br />Grove, Cheeks and Bingham Townships. The adopted land use plan and the land use <br />goals and organizing concepts contained in the Plan clearly indicate that the rural <br />character and low density development of the non -urban areas is intended to continue. <br />With the exception of some continued urban transition along the US 70 corridor <br />between Hillsborough and Mebane, the area will continue to be agricultural or low - <br />density residential with no urban utility services required. The extensive water supply <br />watershed zoning, water quality critical area zoning, and rural and agriculture <br />residential zoning categories assure low- density residential development with average <br />lot size expected to be 2.0 to 2.77 acres. Any non - residential development would be <br />confined to activity nodes at certain crossroads at a level not requiring utility <br />services. <br />The existing collector and major local road system in Orange County is well developed <br />in both the north /south and east /west directions. The average spacing between <br />collectors or from collectors to arterials is three miles. The major local roads are <br />spaced more frequently and form a finer network of roads. Spatially there does not <br />appear to be a deficiency in the collector and major local road system. There are <br />several large "superblocks ", primarily in Bingham Township ranging from 2,800 to 3,000 <br />acres. These areas are shown in Figure 2 and described below. <br />Bingham Township <br />o Area bounded by NC 54 on the south, Dodsons Crossroads South (SR 1102) on <br />the east, Dairyland Road (SR 1177) on the north, and Orange Grove Road (SR <br />1006) on the west. <br />o Area bounded by Dodsons Crossroads on the west, Dairyland Road on the north <br />and east, Bethel- Hickory Grove Church Road (SR 1104) on the east (within <br />Chapel Hill study area), and NC 54 on the south. <br />o Area bounded by NC 54 on the north, Wildcat Creek Road (SR 1953) on the east, <br />Old Greensboro Road (SR 1005) on the south, and Orange Chapel Road (SR 1956) <br />and Morrow Mill Road (SR 1958) on the west. <br />16 <br />