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<br /> ,....,l"..,u-.-.:, -4::"::' ..._..::...0 '=:t:.~ ,Sr'L.L.~ ... H:='~.-,l_. -=:.:..::... ~-'''':'' ~:-"':)....; <br /> ~ ,-::...:.. '-~' <br /> W BENSHOOF & ASSOCIATES, INC. <br /> TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS <br /> 7301 OHMS LANE. SUITE 500 I EDINA. MN 554391 (612) 1lJ2-9~581 FAA (612) 1lJ2-9564 <br /> 15<.th6rr f:> \/" . <br /> August 5, 1997 REFER TO FILE. 96-53 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Dick Zehring, Welsh Development Company <br /> Kevin Ringwald, City of Arden Hills <br /> FROM: James A. Benshoofand Peter A. Hultgren fJ" 1/ <br /> RE: Ability of Roadway System to Accommodate Occupancy of Gateway <br /> Business Center Before Completion of Improvements on Round Lake <br /> Road at Highway 96 <br /> PURPOSE <br /> The purpose of this memorandum is to determine the amount of space in the Gateway . <br /> Business Center that could be occupied without exceeding appropriate delay levels for <br /> Round Lake Road at its existing intersection with Highway 96. It is important to note that <br /> further occupancy beyond the thresbold level identified in the preceding step could occur <br /> if police officer traffic control is provided at tbe intersection during the time periods when <br /> excessive delays otherwise would be experienced. <br /> EXISTING CONDmONS <br /> Highway 96 bas two lanes of traffic in each direction at the Round Lake Road <br /> intersection. Round Lake Road is stop controlled and has no pavement markings. The <br /> pavement width on the approach to Highway 96 is wide enough so that two northbound <br /> lanes of traffic are fonned, one for left turns and one for right tums. Road improvements <br /> to Highway 96 are currently being constructed on a segment in Shoreview. This <br /> construction begins at the west leg approach to the Lexington Avenue intersection and <br /> extends eastward. To account for the effects of this construction, we decided to collect <br /> weekday p.m. peak hour turn movements at tbe Round Lake Road and Highway 96 <br /> intersection rather than rely upon the turn movements we collected one year ago prior to <br /> construction. These turn movements are shown in Figure 1. <br /> . <br />