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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />North Heights Traffic lmpact Study <br />Alliant Engineering, Inc. <br />AprilS, ZOO) <br /> <br />. Traffic control during the entering peak consisted of a traffic control officer situated at the <br />entrance of the church on Hwy 96. The officer directed traffie along the east spur of the <br />North parking lot. <br /> <br />. During the event vehicles continued to enter or exit the facility. <br /> <br />. Traffic control personnel were present after the event at the church entrance intersection with <br />TH 96. Traffic control personnel blocked the southernmost lane of eastbound TH 96 with a <br />police vehicle. A barricade was set between the two lanes separating through traffic from <br />exiting traffic. All traffic was directed to the right, eastbound along TH 96. As a result of this <br />control, approximately half of all vehicles exiting along TH 96 made U-turns at a split in the <br />median, <br /> <br />. Traffic control personnel were necessary for approximately a 20 minute period (10: 10 to <br />10:30) pm after the event. The majority of the traffic exited at this time. Approximately 350 <br />vehicles exited at the Church entrance during this half hour period. Approximately 175 <br />vehicles exited at North Snelling during the same period. <br /> <br />. Noticeable queuing occurred along North Snelling Avenue for traffic making left tums. No <br />traffic control was present at Highway 96 and North Snelling. <br /> <br />Traffic Volumes and Ooerations Analvsis <br /> <br />A traffic operations analysis was conducted for the event entering and exiting conditions. The <br />results are tabulated below in Table 4. <br /> <br />Table 4 <br />Event Conditions <br />Intersection Level of Service <br /> <br /> Event Entering Event Exitinl' <br />Intersection Overall Minor Street Overall Minor Street <br /> Intersection Left Turn Intersection Left Turn <br />Highway 96 at North Entrance A D A n.a.* <br />East Entrance at North Snelling A A A B <br />Avenue <br />Highway 96 at North Snelling A E A F <br />A venue <br /> <br />· Minor street left turn is controlled by traffic control personnel. Rightlurn i5 operating at LOS C. <br /> <br />The results of the analysis indicate that entering event traffie has little or no impaet to traffic <br />operations when compared to the PM peak hour. Long delays were experienced by left turn <br />traffic at North Snelling Avenue. <br /> <br />80f 16 <br />