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Walmart (Store #3404-05) Traffic Impact Analysis Roseville, Minnesota It was assumed that for the future scenarios an intersection with unsatisfactory operations should be addressed through signal timing modifications, or if that was not possible, through implementation of an intersection or roadway improvement. In order to determine the impacts of the project on the transportation network, a traffic operations analysis was performed on the internal and surrounding roadway network. The analysis process included determining level of service and queue lengths at each of the study intersections for existing, no build, and build conditions. Supporting SimTraffic Appendix B reports are included in. For each scenario, five one-hour simulations were conducted in SimTraffic. In each of the following sections, a description of potentially unsatisfactory operational characteristics is summarized for each scenario modeled. For each scenario, a table is included where the intersection level of service and delay is summarized. The SimTraffic reports were reviewed to identify individual movements that experience unsatisfactory level of service and delay or queues that are anticipated to block the adjacent lane. Only in instances where an individual movement experiences an unsatisfactory measure of effectiveness will the movement information be summarized. 2011 Existing Operations Tables 34 and provide 2011 LOS and queuing results, respectively. All intersections operate at LOS C or better during the p.m. peak period. A total of three movements operate at LOS E or F: Cleveland Avenue N (CSAH 46) & Twin Lakes Parkway eastbound through: average delay 99 seconds of per vehicle, LOS F. There are only 3 vehicles making this movement in the peak hour. This is a result of the long cycle length (120 seconds) and random arrivals, and does not represent an operational deficiency. Cleveland Avenue N (CSAH 46) & County Road C W (CSAH 23) southbound left: average delay of 75 seconds per vehicle, LOS E. This is a very heavy movement in the p.m. peak hour, with 325 vehicles making this left turn, many of th which come from the I-35W northbound exit ramp 550 feet to the north. The 95 percentile queue is 364 feet, compared to a turn lane length of 200 feet. The southbound left turn queue often spills out of the turn lane and blocks traffic in the adjacent through lane. County Road C W (CSAH 23) & Prior Avenue southbound left: average delay of 56 seconds per vehicle, LOS E. This movement has only 3 vehicles making this turn and the delay does not represent an operational deficiency. 23 July 2011