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New Hope Carridor Opm ,Space Master p1m Component 4. New Hope Cre& From Chapel Hill Durham Boulevard to Erwin Road Ju ds&Xm: Orange County, Chapel Hill, Durham County and City of Durham Existing Land Use and Ownership: • On the northern end, near Erwin Road, privately owned, large, undeveloped tracts, principally in agricultural and forestry use; • Low - density residential use along Mt. Moriah and Cambridge Roads; • Garrett Farms subdivision platted and being built as a medium - density residential development; and • On the north side of Boulevard Ridge, both large and small privately owned parcels. Future Land Use: The potential for development along Chapel Hill- Durham Boulevard is extremely high. Rezoning on the north side was proposed in 1990 and later withdrawn. A Proposed grade - separated interchange in the vicinity of Mt. Moriah Road would have an extremely high impact on the ridge uplands and north facing slopes. Lands along both Mt. Moriah and Cambridge Roads, because of their proximity to the Interstate 40 /US 15 -501 interchange, appear to be very valuable as developable land. Zoning is as follows: in Durham, R -20 single - family residential (1 dwelling unit per 1/2 acre), and commercial along Chapel Hill- Durham Boulevard; in Chapel Hill, rural transition (1 dwelling unit per 2.3 acres); and in Orange County, rural buffer (1 dwelling unit per 2 acres). Proposed Connector Road: The regional Thoroughfare Plan includes a proposal for a connecting mad that would permit traffic originating in the Chatham County and Chapel Hill vicinity to access Durham and US 15 -501 more efficiently. U I W I a This component of the corridor is perhaps the hub of hydrological and biological systems occurring in the entire area. It is at this location that the Mud Creek, New Hope Creek, and Dry Creek floodplains meet. It is the furthest point upstream where the New Hope Creek flows into its wide Triassic Basin floodplain. W