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. The removal of the current unsignalized Target/HarMar first access east of Snelling elin�inates an existing level of service stop sign-controlled intersection along County Road B. . The presently signalized intersection of County Road B and State Farm Road can accommodate the increased traffic loading (with addition of north-south left tum phases; see Mitigation section later in report). Traffic Simulation Traffic simulation was used to microscopically analyze traffic operations in the critical locations of the study area with full development volumes. The intersection of Snelling and County Road B showed congestion problems as expected. Since the existing operation of this intersection is problematic, any additional traffic would add to the congestion. � occasion during the PM pea1� hour, westbound traffic would backup and block south to westbound right turners leaving the SuperTarget site. A second area of simulation analysis was the southern-most pedestrian crossing in &ont of the SuperTarget store. Stop signs are planned at this location to provide safe right-of-way for pedestrians. The stop signs and crossing pedestrians will create a slight bottleneck for traffic passing in front of the SuperTarget store. The simulation/animation results indicate that there is enough overall capacity to accommodate the expected pedestrian and vehicle demands during an average PM peak hour traffic condition. But the capacity is not always adequate to handle surges in traffic during the busiest ttaffic signal cycles. On occasion, traffic will spill back from the pedestrian stop sign to County Road B and block traffic entering the site. The traffic that is unable to enter the traffic site area was observed to over-fill the County Road B left turn lane and block through traffic. This is a temporary situation that generally clears quickly but it was identified on an average daily PM peal{. On busier shopping days, this situation is expected to occur more frequently and more severely. In addition, some cars are expected to stop at the pedestrian crossing to drop off or pickup pedestrians. This will increase the frequency of this problem. The pedestrian/auto interaction in front of the store impacts not only the immediate store driveway area but also the on-street operations along County Road B. As pedestrian/auto interactions and conflicts increase, the potential for spill-back on incoming vehicles onto County Road B increases. A°`sensitivity" test was conducted to determine how the level of pedestrian/auto interaction influences the operation of the County Road B/State Farm Road signalized intersection. Table 6 below summarizes how the amount of pedestrian movements at the southernmost doorway entrance can impact traffic operations off-site. The "low*' and "high" range of pedestrian volumes are based on typical distributions of shoppers in and out of SuperTarget sites with separate grocery and retail entrances. Page 7