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MRR 20 'g7 10:42 BRW INCo P.2 CENTRE }JOINTE TRAFFIC IMPACT ST()O"'~ Co.SCLlJSJONS (TRAFFiC ANALYSES) ~Vtt\~\ , Capacii)t .-\riotlt'ses - Thl:: existing, forecast Yt:ar 2001 Background and tOl'ec<J.st Yt:<u' 2001 Posf-Development PM ~ak hour levels oftra.ffic.: operations at the tive key :;Jgnaliltd,imel'sC'crion:: :>ur/\)undil)g the proposed Centre POlntc 'development are cum:ntly acc~ptabk (i.e:. (.OS CJ Jr. h.:rt-,:r) :~!\d itt;; c;;xr~(';l~d to continui: to be ac.:ceplabk. - Tht: Y <:o1T 200 I Post.Oevclopmem PM peak hour ~\'el:; 0frraffic Clp~rations for left turning movements ti.om lhe un~jbrna1iz~d approaches at th~ Cleveland ::\venuc: imei;;ectibns wi~h Lydia Avenue and North Cemre '?Qinie Drive are expected to cxperi~nc~ cl,:m~02sh:d c()ndjtj(Jti~; (LOS E and F). The other SlOp controlled :l'!ovemel1ts at these 1'\\'l) IOi.:;t!iml;; and at tho;; vt]'l.:r [Wi, Int.;r!::(:~ti()Os arc: antkipated to operate adequately through the Year 2001 P"J~!-D1;,:vd!)pm.:nt limt:1ram,=. . The I~vcls;oftraffic opt:ration$ at tt,~ Ch:v.:land A":'i::nu~ int'::l's~c1'j()n:> with West County Road C, 1-35W ramp::; and W,=st County ROad D and 1':1 the 1-35W E~st Ramp T'::fmi~laJ I West County Road D :nt<.:.rS(;:~tiori"'~im b~ improvi:d itt ieas! (,n~ LOS j~vtlby Ciddin.:; 0, lengthening right turn lanes on selected 11pproach..::::.: Th~;)e approach~s \':jl! :ilc(;ommodatc C:Zmre Pointc dc,,/;:lopme-nt Traffic. - C Ic'V eland Avenue is currently a four lane dil.'idc:droadway fcolli County Road C to the I.35W ramps intersection and a tour lane undividd :oadway rK~rttl thrvugh C6unry Road D. The existing traffic volume on t~e four lane divided secli()n is ::tpproxim'a{dy 'j 3,tWO v:::,hiclcs per day (13.000 vpd from 1994 Mn/DOT flyw map x 2% /yr gruw.th fi>r thn:o:: y~ars):. Th.,;; .::xjs[in~ trarfi~ volume on the four lam: undivided rQadway segment is; appf()~jm~tdy 7,500...pd {7,246 rrr,mi995 Ramsey County Count x 2%.i)'r growth for two years). The Year 2'001 Post-Development A D1 forecasts for lhl.': .four Ian.: dividl:d ~nd four lane undivided , :>cgtnc:nrs ,a~ t 7,500 vpd (2,500 $it~~g;:nl:ralt:d) and)2,800 "pd (4,7l)O $ite-gtmerated). These traffic d~mandii sh~)uld bl:: adequalt:ly accommodated by th~ ~xis1ing roadway ~cctions. However. the forecast traffic dr;:m~nd ()O thl: four lane undivided segment ~ould, also be adequately accommodated through the Y t:ar 200 I with a three Jane roaJway. Tht resulting segrrltnt LOS '.v.ould be near the LOS CID boundary. -The three lro1t: section would impro\'e rraffi.: saf~ty ~s.loog this segm~n! by separating left turning movements from through traffic. In general, the capacity analyses findings app.:ar to. be similar to tho* that were earlier documented by OSM & As~ociate5, Inc., in the Janu&r)I ] 6, 1997 '.traffi\; SrtJdy [.,)1' Centre 'P<>inte Business Park". , Siena' WatraDt AQ.alvs~ - T raffic ~ignal warrant analyses of th.:: four k~y uns igm.:l:lizdd inkrs..:ctions (C leveland A venue with County Road C2, Lydia A vc:nue, Brcnn~r A v~nue and North C :::\ltr(:: :Pointt: Drive) for the existing, Year 200 I Background and Year 200 I Po~t-Devdopmtn,i PM' peak hour conditions indicated that none of th~s(: JOi.:iiti,ons are expected 10 m.::~t thi:: lOCJ pt.:'r~~nl WarranT 11 rt:ql)irelTldlltS outlined in the Minn,;:s01;a Manual On lJnironn Traffic, Control r).;\'ic~!> for traf.fic siw-.ai inslalhllion. - The Cle.veland Avenue I Nonh Cenrre Pointc Drive intel'section is expectt:d to be close to meeting the Warrant 11 r~quirernents during the: Year 2001 Post-Devdoprnt:nt P~1 p~ak hour. If the actual trip g~nt:ration ~ndlor distTibu[ion w this int~rst:clion is grealer th~ ~stirJIattd, this intersection may meet th~ EXHI~lf E