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19 <br /> Background — How the plan works <br /> Background — How the plan works <br /> Background — How the plan works <br /> Not having a plan <br /> Transportation/traffic efficiency and effectiveness/Connectivity <br /> • Businesses must rely on an already very limited road system, including <br /> multimodal opportunities <br /> ■ New development would not be responsible for the impact they cause, including: <br /> ■ Preventing adjacent property owners from accessing their property <br /> • Increasing traffic in the area without mitigating it <br /> Safety <br /> ■ Current transportation network will: <br /> ■ Become more congested <br /> ■ Crash rates will increase <br /> ■ Traffic flow will continue to deteriorate <br /> ■ Degrade and become unsafe for all users <br /> Economic Development <br /> • County receives no funding for new roads <br /> ■ State does not build new roads unless there are "lines on a map" <br /> ■ "Perceived impacts of access management on adjacent commercial businesses <br /> and landowners are often major impediments to projects moving <br /> forward...perceptions are often worse than reality. (#9 Economic Impact of <br /> Access Management, 2011 adopted E-B-M AMP) <br /> Not having a plan <br /> ■ Funding Opportunities <br /> ■ County weakens its partnership with the MPO/RPO and NCDOT, making it <br /> difficult for the public, staff, and County to advocate for its transportation needs. <br /> ■ Without a strong public-private partnership to address the transportation network, <br /> County— including its residents— relies totally on the State to fix the <br /> transportation problems brought on development, even without development. <br /> ■ Future businesses seeking to develop in the County may not want to take <br /> responsibility for the traffic impacts they will cause to existing roads nor be <br /> accountable for future traffic patterns they create due to their development. <br /> The Plan — Right-of-Way <br /> The Plan — Intersections <br /> The Plan — Intersections <br /> The Plan — Intersections <br />