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Traffic <br />Q: How much traffic will it produce? <br />A: A traffic study is being conducted and will estimate the trips in and out of the <br />development, as well as some imagined development of the property to the south (west of <br />Centerville Road, north of Main Street). <br />Q: Will this require a traffic signal at Main Street and Centerville Road? <br />A: The development’s traffic study will examine this question. There are specific <br />criteria that must be met to allow a traffic signal. The intersection was designed for a <br />future traffic signal when it was reconstructed in 2009. <br />Q: Main Street is already too busy, why would we allow something that adds more <br />traffic? <br />A: Since 1994, traffic on Main Street has increased from around 5,000 trips per day to <br />around 11,000 trips today. On the graph of traffic over the last 30 years, you can see a <br />steady growth of traffic volumes on Main Street. Around 2014, traffic began increasing <br />rapidly, continuing until the pandemic sent people home and began an era of less traffic <br />on all roads. What’s notable, is that this rapid increase in traffic volume came during a <br />time when Centerville platted no new lots. From 2007, to 2018, Centerville did not add a <br />single lot, yet we saw traffic on Main Street grow substantially (from 8,300 to 11,000). <br />This is a strong reminder of the fact that Centerville’s contribution to the traffic on Main <br />Street is minimal compared to the impacts from developments in Hugo, Lino Lakes and <br />Blaine. Stopping development in Centerville, will not stop traffic growth on Main Street. <br /> <br />