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Public transit has the potential to alleviate some of the congestion by providing an alternative tosingle-occupant vehicular travel. However, the current population of the Central Area. does not generate the ridership levels to warrant more service than what is currently offered. Presently, local transit options are limited. in the study area to two services. Concord/Kannapolis Area Transit is a service provided jointly by the two cities, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), It operates six routes on weekdays and Saturdays. Gabarrus County Transportation Service operates acounty-wide service providing transportation for special populations the county. The established policy cutrently a]lows riders to be taken to various destinations with a minimum 24-hour prior notification. The Livable Communities Blueprint of 2002 and the Cabarrus County Parks and Bicycle/Pedestrian Master Plan, two of the documents reviewed during this process, recognize the need to provide bicycle and pedestrian facilities, even in the rural areas of the county including this Central Area. Recommendations include the-following: • Bicycle and pedestrian facilities as part of future roadway construction and/or land development projects. • Require a public access component to all new and existing public utility rights-of- way. • Develop bike trail corridors that link existing and proposed recreational facilities. In addition, the City of Concord's 2007 Land Use Plan recognizes that development encroaching on the countryside is placing new levels of stress on roadways not designed to handle the congestion, Tt lists among the priorities connecting existing sidewalks for new and infill sidewalk projects, and it recognizes that compact and mixed-.use development supports transit and multiple modes of mobility thereby reducing vehicle trips and distances. The plan urges that roadway, transit and pedestrian networks be integrated and be planned in concert. 2.7 Utility Infrastructure {Viler rrud Setvrr Pressure for water and sewer service exists, especially in the southern portion of the study area, where residential development is concentrated and:a number of new residential subdivisions have been approved. However, water and sewer service is limited in the Central Area. {See Figure 8, the. Utility Systems Map;) Water is supplied by both the City of Concord and City of Kannapols, with wholesale water provided by the Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarets County (WSACC). WSACC is an independent, incorporated public body funded by user fees with no taxing authority supporting the county, cities of Concord and Kannapolis and towns of Harrisburg and Mt. Pleasant. WSACC is the primary planning agency in the county for water and sewer facilities, and provides the wholesale transportation and treatment of water for its organizing jurisdictions and reservoirmanagement.Thc organization. is in the process of updating its master plan this year. WSACC manages and operates; • Rocky River Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant • Mt. Pleasant Water Treatment Plant • Muddy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant