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community water needs. <br /> 2 . Pursue area-wide toll-free telephone service for the <br /> different telephone exchanges in the Efland area. <br /> 3 . Plan a "community center" for Efland that might be used by <br /> senior citizens, youth groups, and others. <br /> 4 . Encourage the establishment of needed services, including <br /> day-care, physicians, and small-scale dining and shopping <br /> within central Efland. <br /> Specific Action Stratecries <br /> a. Pursue (as a town or organized village) the expansion of <br /> public sewer service to the core area of Efland. Local <br /> officials meet with Orange-Alamance Water System to discuss <br /> water provision. <br /> b. Organize with other county groups to petition Utilities <br /> Commission for revisions in area-wide telephone service. <br /> C. Create a Community Center Committee of local volunteers to <br /> study the use and mission of such a center. <br /> d. Request the Economic Development Commission's assistance in <br /> recruiting . needed community services and professionals to <br /> Efland, to be located in the community focus center of Efland. <br /> COMMUNITY ISSUE 3: TRANSPORTATION <br /> The Efland area is, at first glance, adequately served with <br /> transportation facilities. The community is well served by east- <br /> west roadways, has an existing rail facility which has future <br /> possibilities, and is located at the branching-off point for <br /> Interstate 40 and the Research Triangle Park. <br /> However, in order to continue serving well in a time of changing <br /> transportation needs, actions need to be taken. These changing <br /> transportation needs can best be seen through a regional eye. <br /> If, for example, the RDU Airport and the Greensboro Triad Airport <br /> are used as the foci of the Triangle and Triad markets, <br /> respectively, one will find that the Efland/Mebane area is roughly <br /> the mid-point between these two markets. The fact that Efland is <br /> the final point on the combined Interstate 85/40 makes Efland a <br /> natural "gateway" to Research Triangle area. This in fact, is the <br /> community slogan proposed for Efland: "Gateway to the Triangle". <br /> The need to link potential for mass transit throughout the Triangle <br /> (and possibly the Piedmont as a whole) was mentioned by residents <br /> as important to begin planning for today. This effort might begin <br /> 28 <br />