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MEMoxANDUM
TO: Fred Fuller,
Bob Sample, RealtyCare, LLC
Ward Stanford, Fort Collins Traffic Opera
Gloria Hice-Idler, CDOT
FROM: Joe/Matt Delich
DATE: January 15, 2008
SUBJECT: MeadowView of Fort Collins Transportation Impact Study
(File: 07104ME01)
This memorandum addresses the transportation impacts of the
proposed MeadowView of Fort Collins. The MeadowView of Fort Collins
is proposed to be located in the northwest quadrant of the
College/Triangle intersection, in Fort Collins. The site location is
shown in Figure 1. The MeadowView of Fort Collins will consist of a
92 bed assisted living facility. Currently the site is vacant. The
scope of this study was discussed with the Fort Collins Traffic
Operations Engineer. A brief memorandum was requested. The Base
Assumptions form is provided in Appendix A. There are sidewalks along
developed parcels of land within 0.25 miles of the site. There are
bicycle lanes along Triangle Drive. Currently, bicycles utilize the
shoulder on College Avenue.
College Avenue (US287) is a four -lane street with auxiliary lanes
and has a posted speed of 55 mph. College Avenue is classified as a
NR-A highway according to CDOT and a six -lane arterial according to
the Fort Collins Master Street Plan. Triangle Drive is a two-lane
street with a two-way left -turn lane and has a posted speed of 25 mph.
Triangle Drive is classified as a two-lane collector street according
to the Fort Collins Master Street Plan. The College/Triangle
intersection is a stop sign controlled T-intersection with Triangle
Drive being stopped. At the College/Triangle intersection, College
Avenue has a northbound left -turn lane, two through lanes in each
direction, and a southbound right -turn lane. At the College/Triangle
intersection, Triangle Drive has eastbound left -turn and right -turn
lanes.
Figure 2 shows recent peak hour counts at the College/Triangle
intersection. The count data at College/Triangle intersection was
obtained in December 2007. Raw traffic data is provided in Appendix
B. Table 1 shows the current peak hour operation of the
College/Triangle intersection. During the counts it was observed that
eastbound left -turning vehicles used a two-step left -turn, when