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for the Snelling left turn and the remaining 40% for the State Farm Road turn. The resulting fulj left turn lanes lengths (after allowance for tapers) will be approximately 400 and 280 feet in length. On Site Mitigations The traffic animation modeling of the pedestrian/automobile interaction in front of the store was further reviewed to determine at what distance the conflicts would substantially subside and cause far less impacts to the internal operations and the nearby signalized intersection. From this review of the traffic animation, it is estimated that relocating the first pedestrian crossing 100 to 150 feet northerly would alleviate the expected conflict level and resulting congestion impacts. CONCLUSIONS � 5. fi The inplace intersection of Snelling Avenue and County Road B is currently operating at Level of Service (LOS) '�" in the PM peak hour. At the present time, MnJDOT has plans to upgrade this intersection, when funding is available, to add an additional north- south through lane in each direction. The addition of a third through lane is the most beneficial traffic enhancement that could be made to improve the service level at this intersection. Although the addition of a third north-south lane on Snelling would have the most impact at the Snelling/County Road B intersection, the addition of a westbound to northbound right turn lane would serve to reduce overall intersectiondelay by a signific•.ant amount (10 seconds in the PM peak hour). With a right tum lane in place, there would also be far less chance that the southbound exiting movement from the SuperTarget parking lot would get blocked. The unsignalized intersection 350 feet east of Snelling that serves all-way movements to both Target and the HarMar Mall currently operates at LOS "F" in the PM pe�ak hour. Vehicles leaving Target or HarMar and wishing to turn i,cR or cross County Road B have severe difficulty making these movements and experience significant delay while waiting for a gap in traffic. The closure of this access on County Road B will enhance safety and traffic operations along this stretch of County Road B. The volume of the pedestrian/vehicle interactions at the south entrance will cause periods of traffic congestion and blockage during a typical PM peak period. These blockages could potentially cause spill-back effects onto the county road. Relocating the first crossing f�#,Ir� north would significantly alleviate these operational issues. The current concept site layout for the new SuperTarget building location i�npacts the roadway width of State Farm Road. To address this impact, intersectionmodifications would be required, necessitatingchanges on the south, or HarMar side, as well. With increased turning traffic at County Road B/State Farm Road, this signal will need to be modified to provide north-south turn phases. During the PM peal{ hour, approximately 60% of the northbound / southbound traff'ic are expected to �nake left turns. The northbound to westbound PM pealc hour volume is expected to be 262 vehicles per hour. The high percentage of left turning traffic and the fairly high left turn volumes will benefit form left turn phases. The recommended addition of protected- permissive left turn phases for the north and south traffic movements will improve driver ��