HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIDGEWOOD HILLS RESIDENCES (4TH FILING) - PDP - 33-10 - CORRESPONDENCE - TRAFFIC STUDY (6))Y-8F and 7-9F, attached). I believe road/right-of-way width is not the only criteria for
deeming a road a Connector Local, and I will provide an analysis of Triangle's designation
later this week. Regardless, both Avondale and Triangle far exceed the vpd volume criteria
for a Connector Local, under current conditions. Thank you.
Patrick McKean
970-216-6601 (cell)
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Steve Olt
From: Ward Stanford
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:56 PM
To: Steve Olt
Cc: Joe Olson
Subject: RE: Ridgewood Hills project - traffic
Steve as you may recall, we do understand how they derived their conclusion about roadway
capacity and how they believe Triangle Dr. does not provide for the proposed traffic
volumes.
Possibly he does not understand or accept that Triangle is classified as a Collector
Street and therefore can accommodate the projected traffic volumes. I don't disagree that
it is unfortunate Triangle was built in the past with a cross section narrower than
today's Collector standard. It is only missing bike lanes between the two classifications
and bike lanes do not dictate acceptable traffic volumes.
It's not misunderstanding, just different understandings.
Does not look like a reply to Mr. McKean was requested so I will not be creating one.
Ward Stanford
Traffic Systems Engineer
City of Fort Collins Traffic Operations
off: 970-221-6820
fax: 970-221-6282
-----Original message -----
From: Steve Olt
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011
To: Joe Olson; Ward Stanford
Subject: FW: Ridgewood Hills
Joe and Ward,
1=1
Steve
10:42 AM
project - traffic
-----Original Message -----
From: Patrick McKean [mailto:prmckean@gmail.
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:06 AM
To: Steve Olt
Cc: Carrie Johnson; Chad Moore; Chris Bruno;
Subject: Ridgewood Hills project - traffic
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Joy Short; Lynette Dunn; Matt Thompson
Good Morning Steve - regrettably, I was not able to attend Friday's meeting with the
City's traffic engineers. I wanted to give you a heads up that I will be submitting
clarification on one of our report's findings regarding existing traffic volumes on
Avondale and Triangle. I think there was a misunderstanding among City traffic engineers
about how we classified these streets in our report. Before I send over my
comments/questions, I need to review the updated traffic study, and plan to come to your
offices this week to do that.
Once I review the updated study, I will forward you and the City traffic engineers our
follow-up questions. I still believe there is a significant inconsistency with the Larimer
County street standards and existing volumes, and would like to understand better how the
City typically addresses this issue when reviewing development proposals.
If the existing traffic counts in updated traffic study are consistent with the initial
study (dated December 2010), then I would encourage City staff to review our Traffic
Impacts section again (attached for reference), along with the definitions/criteria of
Connector Local and Residential Local streets in the Larimer County standards (Figures