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564 <br /> Staff will continue to evaluate alternatives to minimize traffic impacts on Davis Road to the extent other <br /> alternatives are viable. <br /> 4.14 Has any consideration been given to the addition of a signal at the intersection of <br /> Millstone Drive and Old NC 86? <br /> This intersection is included in the South Churton Street Widening project(U-5485). While the design <br /> work in complete,this project has been suspended due to state funding issues.This intersection, <br /> Millstone Drive and Old NC 86, is designed as a superstreet <br /> prohibiting left turns. Millstone Drive will be come right in Natural Heritage Area <br /> and right out, and people will have to make a U-Turn at the <br /> signalized Oakdale Drive and S. Churton Street. <br /> S <br /> w>e <br /> S. Environmental Impacts <br /> 5.1 Is the proposed RTLP project site entirely located — <br /> within a Natural Heritage Area (NHA)? <br /> KFga <br /> No.Approximately six acres of NHA is located on the <br /> proposed RTLP site. Based on the 1988 Inventory of Natural <br /> Areas and Wildlife Habitats for Orange County, North <br /> Carolina (updated in 2004),this Natural Heritage Area is <br /> identified as Cates Creek Hardwood Forest which totals 82 595-es <br /> acres and is identified for its rare plant community.This NHA <br /> p� <br /> is a standalone site and is not part of a larger macrosite. <br /> Significant features includes Basic-Oak-Hickory Forest(Dry <br /> Variant) and Xeric Hardpan Forest(Basic Variant).The site <br /> has no formal protection. In addition,a large portion of the <br /> site was clear-cut in 2002-2003,which resulted in site <br /> boundaries to be revised in 2004 to exclude that portion of <br /> the NHA. Other significant features include habitat for turkey, ORT LP Parcels <br /> deer, and neotroplical birds. Orange County Department of F-1Pa-k A <br /> N...1 Nentape Area <br /> Environment,Agriculture, Parks,and Recreation (DEAPR) ®°a'.°`�Nardn d Forest 0025 aces, <br /> reviewed the proposed RTLP MPD-CZ 'Hy di­oQy <br /> request and reiterated findings of the y <br /> 1988/2004 Inventory related to plant <br /> species identified on the site.The - <br /> 1988/2004 Inventory did not indicate <br /> any rare, protected, or endangered 1� _wAFger% <br /> animal species on the site. <br /> 5.2 Is Cates Creek located on the --� <br /> �u <br /> proposed RTLP project site? sFRej ERn _ <br /> No. Cates Creek is located west of the <br /> proposed RTLP project site.An � <br /> unnamed tributary bisects the RTLP D- <br /> site.The unnamed tributary drains into <br /> Cates Creek north of Interstate 40 at <br /> the southern boundary of Cornwallis <br /> Hill Subdivision. <br /> ' � A <br /> srrr„ ti <br /> � m <br /> Q RTLP Fan Js °Aha Ro <br /> 14 <br />