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OCT 13 '93 16:21 BRW INCo P.? Steve Gatlin October 13,1993 Page 6 indicate that traffic queueing and IDadequ~te storage b !!2! it probleu1. and it is not expected to be a problem followJng the development of the Computer City Store. In addition, If the right-turn lane storage is Increased, it would likely r~lt in the elimination of the short (SO foot) tangent distance between the tapers for the dghHum lMe into the center and the righHum lane from the southbound Snelling Avenue ramp. This would result in undesirable conditions. Safety of WB to ~B Movement from LeaR Road The existing !tight distance for vehicles making the westbound to southbound lefHuming movement from the southern loop road towards the right out access onto CR 52 is marginal. A desirable sight distance at this location would be betw~ 200 and 300 feet. As previously indicated, the distance between this interSection and the right Inl right out access onto CR 82 is approximately 100 f~t. Therefore, drivers must look to their left upstream along CR 82 beyond their no ana) field of vision (i.e., greater than 90 d~g) to check for an adequate gap in conflicting traffic. A possible solution to this condition would be to close off the outbound access and require outbound \I@hides to use the northern intemalloop load to access the right in-right out access drive. Storage Along Lo()p Road The proposed 180 feet of vehicular storage along the southern internal loop road between the right in-right out access drive iUld the pl'Opoeed Computer City Store access onto the southem int'Qrnal loop road should be adequate. As previously stated, field observations indicated that during the Saturday peak hour traffic periodiCilUy stacked back beyond the first two parking aisles (approximately 120 feet). This occurred during a traffic demand of 4Q8 vehides on the east appt~ch of the right in-tight out acce. drive/southern inte...nalloop TOad intersection. The addition of approximately 22 vph (43 total outbound x SO percent to west) .ftOm the proposed Computer City Store should not result In a noticeable increase In the tratflc queues.