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'01 studied and analyzed as a part of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan from 1984 -87. As a part of that cooperative planning strategy, I--40 was selected as the most logical boundary, or "hard edge", between rural areas and urban services /development in the 20 -year planning timeframe. This "edge" can be seen at the NC 86 interchange. The potential for mixed -use transitional development is reflected on the southern or "Chapel Hill side of 1--40, while the northern side of I -40 is designated as part of the 38,000 - acre Rural Buffer growth management area that separates the future urban areas of Chapel Hill and Hillsborough. The interchange at New Hope Church Road lies in the heart of the Rural Buffer and is therefore not appropriate for non - residential development. A neighborhood level node at the traditional Blackwood Station community serves the Rural Buffer population with localized services not available to the north or south. The Old Chapel Hill -- Hillsborough Road (Old 86) interchange, however, is located north of the Rural Buffer. Taken in context with the Land Use Element as a whole, its role as a strategic interstate interchange is similar to that of the "New 86" interchange mentioned above. At this interchange, the northwest or "Hillsborough" side of the interchange is designated Twenty -Year Transition, indicating that urban services are available or are projected to be available by the-year 2001. However, the existence of a Transition Area on the northwest quadrant of this interchange does not include a corresponding node, which means that while transition is occurring, this transition is to be residential in nature. The other three quadrants of this interchange are designated Rural Residential. Here, as at the NC 86 interchange, the concept of Interstate 40 as a "hard edge" to urban development could be utilized. This concept has been discussed by the Planning Boards of both Orange County and Hillsborough in their Hillsborough Cooperative Planning efforts to date. If adopted, this concept would become a basic tenet of the Land Use Element for rural boundary areas on the fringe of urban areas - as is done in the Joint Planning Area. These discussions between the Orange County and Hillsborough Planning Boards represent an attempt by both to define the boundaries of a cooperative planning zone, with a transition area for urban development and an outlying rural area. The Town of Hillsborough Planning Board originally proposed the designation of urban transition area for lands both north and south of the interchange. However, the Orange County 8