Two Transportation Zones have been established for the purpose of assessing transportation development fees. The purposes of the transportation zones are to help ensure that adequate funding is available in different areas of the Town to pay for road improvements needed to maintain adequate levels of service appropriate to each area. The transportation fees paid by new development in each zone represent the cost of replacing the roadway capacity that traffic from the new development will consume on the major roadway system. Fees collected must be used for road improvements within Cary's town limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction.
The Central Zone encompasses all land within the innermost right-of-way boundary of Maynard Loop and excluding Maynard Road itself. This includes all of the downtown area. This zone's primary focus is to encourage redevelopment and infill. The Level of Service standard is "F" based upon a ninety (90)-minute average peak. The Base Zone contains the remainder of the Town's corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction not within the Central Zone. The Level of Service standard is "D" based upon the standard Institute for Transportation Engineers (ITE) average peak hour. Boundaries of the central zone are shown on the following map.
Central Transportation Zone