[UPDATE] The Chapel Hill News’ OrangeChat noted the growth Mar. 5th.
The Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan Socio-Economic projections are in and, as Sally notes, they forecast a whopping increase in population.
Table 1: Draft 2035 Plan Socio-Economic Projections
|
Jurisdiction |
Population |
Employment |
||||
|
2005 |
2035 |
% inc. |
2005 |
2035 |
% inc. |
|
|
Chatham County* |
34,629 |
153,362 |
343% |
8,196 |
16,953 |
107% |
|
Durham County |
229,796 |
370,007 |
61% |
172,825 |
308,886 |
79% |
|
Carrboro |
21,328 |
26,879 |
26% |
4,320 |
6,751 |
56% |
|
Chapel Hill |
52,394 |
81,297 |
55% |
35,314 |
81,227 |
130% |
|
Hillsborough |
12,651 |
22,613 |
79% |
5,762 |
14,606 |
153% |
|
Orange County** |
43,739 |
55,537 |
27% |
3,946 |
7,255 |
84% |
*Includes the portion
of Chatham County that is in the Triangle Regional Model area.
55% increase in population, 130% in employment! 81,297 folks living in Chapel Hill with employment at 81,227 seems to indicate quite a few folks will be coming from out of town. If you review their maps, it also appears that UNC’s Carolina North plays a huge role in that projected employment increase.
Whatever the reliability of the projections, and coming on the heels of Council’s dreadful and precipitous decision to create a TC-3 zone allowing 120′ tall buildings, I hope our fair Downtown doesn’t end up looking like this:
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