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MAR 20 '97 10:42 ERW INCa P.3 requ ircment.s. ~~~~\ , Qvcuine .,\nalyscs - Queuing <:inalyst:s conducted for the ..:xisting, Y ~ar 200J' Back:;round and Year 2001 Post.Development PM peak hour timeframc:. at ea;;h oftne tlve k.ey ~jgn"lil.cd inttrSCclions surrQunding the proposed site indicatcd the following. I) Tbe available 3701;;(;[ of slorage berwccl1 th.:::.Co~lr:ty Road D int(,:rscctions with Clevel<l11d AV~lIut :1od the 1-35W northbound ramps i;~ L:urr-cntiy :<;UghIly ddicient. This condition is ~xpi::Cl<:d t(. br.:come m.ore of a problerr. foll~),,\!ing ;h;;; (.kvdopmenT of the Centre Poime site as rrafiic may stack back from (he j.1:5W lionhboiJ1:.d ramps in~t:[stction through the Cleveland Avenue intersection on a r<:gLllar basi5 during the PM p:::&.k hour. The addition of a westbound I'ight turn lane at the 1-35W :;cl1hbound mmp>; il'1ttr:>C;:tj;iJ) would improve these conditions slIch rhc'\,i the queuing problem may not occur ar,a!J Or" jnay occur 'J<.;ry infn.:quc:mly. 2) The available 630 feet of disranc~ b-=tw&:t:n the CJ....\,:~land A venue intersection~ with the 1-35 W ram"ps and County Road C i$ cum:ntly ~ligtirJy de1'icjtnt for providing back to back left turn lan.:s, This condition is expected to fk:coml: H1oreof a ~i'obk:n ;:1 the future (i.e. 655 feet of storag~ n.::cded for the back to back kfr turns in the, Y t:lf 200! [>c,:.t-Devc]opment scenario). Access SDa1Cin~. TIi~ propo$~d Ct;ntre Poin~ developmem curr':l1tly Ihas an in-plctct: int-:rnal roadway system and three full-mov~m~nt acctlss intersecti.)ns with Clt....eland.A~.:nu.;:, Th~ proposed. site plan requests an additional Ihr~\;; full movement access points to/from Clr.:\'dand Av~nuo::: for a total of six acce~s intersections within ;:t 2,965 foot distance, or an aver."gtacces:) spa.;;ing distance of roughly 600 feet.. Clc::vc=land ^ vc=nlle (Ramsey County Stat\;; Aid Highway 46) is functionally classified as a A-Minor Arterial on th~ Ramsey County sY$tcrn. Ahhough, ~ams~y County has no formal guidelines or standards for the spaCing of access along it's rO:tdways, sjmilar'minimllffi ace,:.:;s spacing guidelines adopted by other mc::troarea counties fequire a minimum of SOO to 9,00 ice~ between tilU-movement locations. The :1pplication of similar guidelines ind'ki1E\:::; that tl1~ dc....elu;:H1i~m sho'.lld be limited to the three existing acces~ inte~ections. Clevtlan!i ;'\\lc:nue from County Ro~d C to Cuunty Road:D is Jpprox.imatc:Jy 5,525 feet in length. There arc currt:ntly S~V~ public roadway intersections within this kngth for an average spacing distance of f()ughly 920 feet. There are also multiple prillat~ a~c1;;ss driv:;::) <1.long th~ east side. Studies have indicated that th~ accident ratt: along a urban roadwa)' segment is directly affected by the Ilumb~r of access drives I intersections. As the number of drives increases, the accident rate correspondingly increas~S. Cleveland Avenue is currently a four lane (52 foot),undi-vidcd roadway from the 1-35W ramps int~rs~ction~to the County Road D im(;~clion. FOl;lf lan~ undivided urban roadways typically experience acd"ent rali::s hight:r than any other urban roadw&y's,,=cr.j(jrJ.