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63 <br /> would primarily be using the segment of Millhouse Rd between Eubanks Rd and the gravel road <br /> to our parcel. This portion of Millhouse Rd is flanked by commercial properties or properties <br /> owned by the Town or County. It contains no residentially used parcels. <br /> If, moreover, on this stretch of Millhouse Rd we are encountering traffic associated with the <br /> Emerson Waldorf School, the Town's Public Works, or the businesses along Millhouse Rd, it will <br /> likely be our outbound traffic that is passing in opposite directions from everyone else's inbound <br /> traffic. This is due to our earlier business start time. In other words, if there is any overlap, it will <br /> be between our latest crews leaving our lot with their trucks and the earliest arrivals to the <br /> school, the Public Works facility, or the adjacent businesses. <br /> The Broader Perspective <br /> From a broader perspective, concerns about traffic problems put our proposed land usage in a <br /> favorable light. Preventing us from using our parcel as intended does nothing to reduce the <br /> amount of tree care services needed in this area. Instead of relying on a tree service located at <br /> the near edge of town, homeowners will be relying on tree services located in areas beyond the <br /> wide rural buffer, often in an adjacent county. Instead of averaging 10 minutes of drive time to a <br /> service location, we'd often be looking at 30-minute drive times. So, without reducing the <br /> trips-per-day of tree service vehicles, both the length and duration of each trip-per-day will on <br /> average dramatically increase. This ultimately means dramatic increases in both road usage <br /> and fuel consumption. It means adding to the growing problem of back-and-forth commuter <br /> traffic traversing the Rural Buffer. <br /> 3 <br />