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Intersection
Control
Movement/
Direction
Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
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Harmony — Timberline
Signal
EB L
F
F
EB T
E
B
EB R
A
A
EB All
E
E
WBL
E
F
WBT
C
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WBR
B
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WB All
C
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NB L
F
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NB T
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NB R
C
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NB All
F
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SB L
F
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SB T
D
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SB R
C
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SB All
F
F
Overall
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Harmony — Walgreens
Stop
EB L
B
B
SB R
B
C
Harmony — Snow Mesa
Signal
EB L
D
E
EB T
B
A
EB R
A
A
EB All
B
B
WBL
D
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WB TR
A
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WB All
B
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NB TR
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SB L
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SB T
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SB R
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SB All
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Intersection
Control
Movement/
Direction
Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
PM Pk Hr.
Harmony — Corbett
Signal
EB L
D
E
EB T
A
B
EB R
A
A
EB All
B
C
WBL
C
C
WBT
B
C
WBR
A
B
WB All
B
C
NB L
D
D
NB TR
D
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NB All
D
D
SB L
D
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SIB T
D
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SIB R
C
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D
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Overall
B
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Roundabout
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0.20/0.23
SIB
0.10/0.12
0.11/0.13
As indicated above, short-term total traffic conditions will be acceptable at all intersec-
tions. Capacity worksheets are available in Appendix F.
C. Long -Term Total Traffic Operating Conditions (With Project)
Long-term operating conditions were assessed using total traffic from Figure 11 and
the short-term roadway geometry. Resultant operating conditions are shown below
for the long-term.
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Intersection
Control .
Movement/
Direction
Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
PM Pk Hr.
Harmony — Timberline
Signal
EB L
E
E
EB T
C
D
EB R
A
B
EB All
C
D
WBL
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WBT
D
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WB R
B
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WB All
D
D
NB L
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NB R
C
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NB All
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SB L
D
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SB T
D
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SB R
C
C
SB All
D
E
Overall
D
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Harmony — Walgreens
Stop
EB L
B
B
SB R
B
C
Harmony —Snow Mesa
Signal
EB L
D
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EB T
A
A
EB R
A
A
EB All
B
B
WBL
C
B
WB TR
A
B
WBAII
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NB L
D
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C
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NB All
D
D
SB L
D
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SB T
D
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SB R
D
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SB All
D
D
Overall
B
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A. Auxiliary Lane Requirements
Traffic at all critical intersections was reviewed from an auxiliary lane standpoint using
City criteria. This review resulted in the determination that The Pads At Harmony will
trigger the need for a westbound right turn deceleration lane on Harmony Road at
Snow Mesa Drive as long as Harmony Road remains a four lane roadway. When
Harmony Road is widened to six lanes, the right turn lane will no longer be warranted.
Consequently, with the planned widening of Harmony Road all site related auxiliary
lanes will be available.
Given that Harmony Road is assumed widened to a six lane roadway in the short-
term, the short-term geometry is expected to remain through the long-term horizon.
B. Short -Term Total Traffic Operating Conditions (with Project)
Short-term operating conditions were assessed using total traffic, which includes full
development of this project. This investigation used the peak hour traffic shown on
Figure 10 and the roadway geometry shown on Figure 9. Resultant operating condi-
tions are presented in the following table.
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LONG-TERM BACKGROUND
OPERATING CONDITIONS (Without Project)
Intersection
Control
Movement/
Direction
Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
PM Pk Hr.
Harmony — Corbett
Signal
EB L
D
E
EB T
B
A
EB R
A
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EB All
B
C
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SB L
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SB T
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SB All
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As indicated above, all intersections will operate acceptably with the exception of the
Harmony Road — Timberline Road intersection. This is considered normal for condi-
tions at the intersection of two major arterial streets some 20 years in the future. It
also indicates that Timberline Road should be widened to six lanes in the longer term.
This is consistent with the Fort Collins Master Street Plan. Capacity work sheets are
available in Appendix E.
VI. TRAFFIC IMPACTS
In order to assess operating conditions with The Pads At Harmony fully operational,
capacity analyses were conducted, at key intersections. Total traffic (background
traffic combined with site traffic) was developed for the 2010 and 2025 time frames.
Short-term (2010) total traffic is shown on Figure 10 and long-term (2025) total traffic
is shown on Figure 11.
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Movement/
Direction
Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
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Harmony — Timberline
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Signal
EB L
F
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EB T
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B
EB R
A
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EB All
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WBL
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WB T
C
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WB R
B
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WB All
C
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NB L
F
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NB T
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NB R
C
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NB All
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SB L
F
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SB T
D
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SB R
C
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SB All
F
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Harmony — Walgreens
StopJE
B
B
B
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Harmony — Snow Mesa
Signal
C
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A
A
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EB All
B
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WBL
D
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WB TR
A
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WB All
B
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NB L
D
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NB TR
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NB All
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SB L
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SB T
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SB R
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Movement/
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Level of Service
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Harmony — Corbett
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Signal
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D
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EB T
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EB R
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3 worksheets are available in Appendix D.
D. Long -Term Background Operating Conditions (Without Project)
,� Background traffic was assessed to define long-term conditions without this develop-
ment. Resultant levels of service are indicated in the following table.
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Harmony — Timberline
Signal
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C
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SB All
D
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Overall
D
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Harmony — Walgreens
Stop
EB L
B
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SB R
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Harmony — Snow Mesa
Signal
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Background traffic was developed using traffic estimates consistent with the North
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greens to the west of the site and Front Range Village to the east was considered.
Walgreens will add some 39 morning peak hour trips, 125 afternoon peak hour trips,
and 1,280 daily trips to the area street system. Front Range Village will add some 695
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morning peak hour trips, 2,660 afternoon peak hour trips, and 27,830 trips per day
based on the preliminary traffic study for that development. Background traffic is
presented on Figures 7 and 8 for the short-term and long-term time frames, respec-
tively. It should be noted that the indicated long-term traffic is some 10% greater than
allorth Front Range Regional Transportation plan projections for Harmony Road.
Consequently, a conservative approach was used in this study.
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C. Short -Term Background Operating Conditions (without Project)
Short-term (2010) operating conditions were assessed using the background traffic
shown on Figure 7 and the anticipated short-term roadway geometry shown on Figure
9. This reflects conditions without The Pads at Harmony. Resultant operating condi-
tions are shown on the following table.
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SITE TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION
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A significant portion of the indicated trips associated with the restaurant and bank
uses will be drawn from traffic already using the area street system. Applying the
available ITE passing traffic data for restaurants (43%) and banks (47%) to all time
frames, results in the determination that 115 morning peak hour trips, 147 afternoon
peak hour trips, and 1,502 daily trips will be drawn from passing traffic. Accordingly,
new trips generated by this development will be 173 morning peak hour trips, 188
afternoon peak hour trips, and 1,891 trips per day.
C. Trip Distribution
Trip distribution is a function of the origin and destination of site users and the avail-
able roadway system. In this case, most traffic will use Harmony Road or Snow
Mesa Drive to access the site. Current demographic biases reflect heavy weighting to
and from the urban Fort Collins area during both the morning and afternoon peak hour
periods. The distribution of site traffic as agreed to in the scoping session is shown
on Figure 5 with resultant peak hour site traffic shown on Figure 6.
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A. Roadway Improvements
FUTURE CONDITIONS
Major development related improvements are planned in the area of the site in the
short-term. Harmony Road will be widened to a six lane facility in conjunction with the
Front Range Village development.
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CONCEPT PLAN
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access to Harmony Road will be provided by the existing access road aligning with
Snow Mesa Drive to the south. This access road will be changed to a public street
with this development. At this time, approximately 44,000 square feet of office space,
19,000 square feet of restaurant space, 8,000 square feet of retail space and two
banks are planned. A concept plan is presented on Figure 4.
B. Site Traffic
Site traffic was estimated using the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) publi-
cation, "Trip Generation, 7th Edition'' as agreed in the scoping session. Site traffic is
shown in the following table.
Land Use
Size
Daily
AM Peak Hour
PM Peak Hour
Rate
Trips
Rate
In
Out
Rate
In
Out
Office
12,000 SF
11.01
132
1.55
16
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1.49
3
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Restaurant(2)
12,000 SF
127.15
1,526
11.52
72
66
10.92
80
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Bank
3 windows
164.47
493
7.75
14
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20.43
31
31
Office
12,000 SF
11.01
132
1.55
16
3
1.49
3
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Bank
3 windows
164.47
493
7.75
14
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20.43
31
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12,000 SF
11.01
132
1.55
16
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1.49
3
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7,000 SF
127.15
890
11.152
42
39
10.92
47
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8,000 SF
11.01
88
1.55
11
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1.49
2
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8,000 SF
44.32
355
0.70
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2.71
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205
155
210
209
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built.
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CURRENT OPERATING CONDITIONS
Intersection
Control
Movement/
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Level of Service
AM Pk Hr.
PM Pk Hr.
Harmony— Corbett
Signal
EB T
A
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EB R
B
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EB All
A
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WBL
B
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WBT
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WB All
A
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NB L
D
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NB R
C
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Per City standards, traffic signal controlled intersections with arterial streets are
allowed to operate at LOS 'D' overall with the individual movements and legs allowed
to operate at LOS 'E'. These levels of service are consistent with the commercial
corridor designation which best fits the area. Stop sign controlled intersections are
not subject to level of service criteria. As shown above, all intersections currently
operate at acceptable levels. It should be noted that levels of service were only
calculated to the point necessary to indicate representative conditions. This approach
is consistent throughout this report. Capacity work sheets are in Appendix C.
IV. DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
A. Project Description
The Pads At Harmony is a mixed -use development consisting of office and commer-
cial uses on some 8.0 acres. Internal circulation will be provided by an east -west
aisle. This aisle will connect to future development to the east and west. Direct site
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Signal
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NB L
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SB L
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SB T
D
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SB R
D
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SB All
D
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Signal
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WB TR
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C. Existing Traffic
Weekday morning and afternoon peak hour traffic counts at the Harmony Road
intersections with Snow Mesa Drive, Corbett Drive, and Timberline Road were ob-
tained from the City, other studies and/or collected as part of this study. Recent peak
hour traffic is presented on Figure 3 with count tabulations provided in Appendix B.
D. Existing Operations
Highway Capacity Manual procedures were used to quantify current intersection oper-
ations. Resultant levels of service (LOS) are indicated below for both morning and
afternoon peak hour conditions at all key intersections. Traffic from Figure 3 was
loaded onto the current roadway geometry, which is shown on Figure 2.
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A. Existing Road Network
The Pads At Harmony site is located along the north side of Harmony Road both east
and west of Snow Mesa Drive. Harmony Road is the major roadway serving this area
with Snow Mesa Drive, Timberline Road, and Corbett Drive located nearby.
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to the areas east of 1-25. The posted speed limit is 50 miles per hour. In the future,
Harmony Road is planned as a six -lane arterial.
Snow Mesa Drive is a north -south collector street with one lane in each direction
south of Harmony Road. It currently extends north of Harmony as a private road
serving the mobile home community.
Timberline Road is located to the west of the site and is designated as a six -lane
arterial street. It presently has four lanes at Harmony Road. Corbett Drive is located
to the east of the site and is a collector, street with one lane in each direction.
All intersections are under traffic signal control along Harmony Road. Current road-
way geometry is shown on Figure 2.
B. Surrounding Land Uses
The Pads At Harmony site is currently vacant. The surrounding area is mostly devel-
oped or planned for development in the future. The Harmony Commons mobile home
community abuts the site on the north with Walgreens planned to the west and Front
Range Village planned to the east. Commercial and office development generally
exists to the south.
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Prior to undertaking this study, a scoping session was held with Eric Bracke, City
Traffic Engineer. During that discussion, it was determined that a full transportation
impact study was appropriate. Key items of agreement and direction are identified
below.
61 • An assessment of pedestrian, bicycle, and transit levels of service needs to
be conducted.
• The Harmony Road intersections with Corbett Drive, Snow Mesa Drive, and
Timberline Road should be investigated during weekday morning and after-
noon peak hours. Site access intersections should also be investigated.
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An assessment of existing and future conditions is appropriate. Future time
frames were identified as the years 2010 and 2025: This correspondsto
project build out and the long-term planning horizon.
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The North Front Range Regional Transportation Plan can be used to esti-
mate future traffic.
• Traffic and improvements planned with the Walgreens and Front Range Vil-
lage developments should be included in this study.
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The above items are included or addressed in the following sections of this report.
The City's Transportation Impact Study base assumptions and pedestrian destina-
tions forms are attached in Appendix A.
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The Pads At Harmony is a planned mixed -use development along the north side of
Harmony Road at Snow Mesa Drive in Fort Collins, Colorado. A vicinity map is
presented on Figure 1.
This transportation impact study follows the established guidelines for such studies as
are applicable and appropriate to the proposed project. The following key steps were
undertaken as part of this study.
• Obtain current traffic and roadway data in the immediate area of the site.
• Evaluate current operations to establish base conditions.
• Determine site generated traffic and distribute this traffic to the nearby
street system.
• Estimate roadway traffic for future conditions.
• Determine future operations both with and without The Pads At Harmony.
• . Inventory, evaluate, and assess the pedestrian, bicycle, and transit net-
works serving the site.
• Identify deficiencies and recommend measures to mitigate the impact of
this development on roadway operations and alternate. travel modes as
appropriate.
Key areas of investigation are documented in the following sections of this transporta-
tion impact study.
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Vicinity Map...............................................................................................2
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Current Roadway Geometry ......................................................................5
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Current Peak Hour Traffic.........................................................................
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Concept Plan...........................................................................................11
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Site Traffic Distribution............................................................................13
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Peak Hour Site Traffic.............................................................................14
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Short -Term Background Traffic...............................................................16
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Long -Term Background Traffic................................................................17
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Short -Term Roadway Geometry .............................................................18
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Short -Term Total Traffic..........................................................................23
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Long -Term Total Traffic...........................................................................24
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Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................1
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AGENCY DISCUSSIONS......................................................................................3
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EXISTING CONDITIONS.......................................................................................4
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C. Existing Traffic..................................................................................................6
D. Existing Operations..........................................................................................6
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DEVELOPMENT ISSUES......................................................................................9
A. Project Description...........................................................................................9
B. Site Traffic......................................................................................................10
C. Trip Distribution..............................................................................................12
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FUTURE CONDITIONS.......................................................................................12
A. Roadway Improvements................................................................................12
B. Background Traffc..........................................................................................15
C. Short -Term Background Operating Conditions (without Project)....................15
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D. Long -Term Background Operating Conditions (Without Project) ...................20
TRAFFIC IMPACTS.............................................................................................22
A. Auxiliary Lane Requirements.........................................................................25
B. Short -Term Total Traffic Operating Conditions (with Project).........................25
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C. Long -Term Total Traffic Operating Conditions (With Project).........................27
PEDESTRIAN ANALYSIS...................................................................................30
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ANALYSIS...........................................................................................32
TRANSIT.............................................................................................................33
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CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................................33
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Transportation Impact Study
THE PADS AT HARMONY
Fort Collins, Colorado
Prepared For:
Bellissimo Inc.
3702 Manhattan Ave. #201
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Prepared By:
Eugene G. Coppola, P.E.
P. O. Box 260027
Littleton, CO 80163
303-792-2450
July 31, 2006
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• Per City criteria, short-term intersection levels of service will be acceptable
with The Pads At Harmony fully developed. Operating conditions will es-
sentially be the same whether or not this development is built.
• In the long-term, intersection operations will be acceptable at all locations
except the Harmony Road — Timberline Road intersection. By that time,
Timberline Road may require widening to six lanes as shown on the Master
Street Plan. Less than desirable operations will be experienced whether or
not The Pads At Harmony is built.
• Pedestrian levels of service will be acceptable when adjacent and nearby
properties are developed.
• The existing bicycle facilities currently provide and will continue. to provide
very acceptable levels of service in this area.
• Transit service is not currently available; however, future transit operations
are expected to achieve a level of service consistent with Harmony Road's
enhanced transit corridor designation. Accordingly, transit service will be
acceptable.
• This development is viable from a traffic engineering perspective.
In summary, the transportation demands associated with The Pads At Harmony can
be easily absorbed and accommodated by the existing and planned street system.
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IAs indicated, the existing on -street bicycle lanes will provide excellent levels of ser-
vice in the future.
IX. TRANSIT
Transit service is not currently available to serve this site. TransFort is expected to
provide service in concert with passenger demand. Given Harmony Road's enhanced
travel corridor designation, adequate transit service is expected in the future.
X. CONCLUSIONS
Based upon the analyses, investigations, and findings documented in earlier sections
of this report, the following can be concluded:
• Current roadway operations are acceptable in the area of The Pads At
Harmony site.
• Traffic associated with The Pads At Harmony development will be 288
morning peak hour trips, 335 afternoon peak hour trips, and 3,393 trips per
day. After considering pass -by trips, the site will add 173 morning peak
hour trips, 188 afternoon peak hour trips, and 1,891 daily trips to the area
street system.
• No new auxiliary lanes will be needed to serve this development since
Harmony Road will be widened to six lanes. If Harmony Road remains a
four lane roadway, a westbound right turn deceleration lane will be needed
at Snow Mesa Drive.
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1 As indicated, deficiencies currently exist and they will continue to exist in the future.
These deficiencies are a direct function of gaps in the pedestrian system adjacent to
undeveloped areas and the width of Harmony Road. The width of Harmony Road
cannot be changed; however, sidewalk continuity will be improved as nearby areas
develop. When the nearby area builds out, acceptable pedestrian conditions are
expected.
VIII. BICYCLE ANALYSIS
Bicycle lanes currently exist on Harmony Road adjacent to The Pads At Harmony site
and on Snow Mesa Drive to the south. These facilities provide excellent connectivity
Qin both the north -south and east -west directions. The bicycle influence area is shown
in Appendix H and includes an area within 1,320 feet of the site.
A bicycle level of service worksheet is provided below.
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specific connections to priority sites:
description of
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project location classification: activity corrifinr
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VII. PEDESTRIAN ANALYSIS
1.1 The City requires that the pedestrian system be evaluated within 1,320 feet of this
development. This influence area is shown in Appendix H.
j Currently, there are no sidewalks along the north side of Harmony Road in the area of
lilt The Pads At Harmony site. Sidewalk does exist, however, along the south side of
Harmony Road and along both sides of Snow Mesa Drive and Corbett Drive adjacent
to development. Since sidewalks only exist adjacent to developed areas, there are
significant breaches in the existing sidewalk system.
In conjunction with The Pads at Harmony, sidewalk will be built along the north side of
Harmony Road adjacent to the site, along both sides of Snow Mesa Drive through the
site and an internal sidewalk network will be constructed. When future adjacent
development occurs (Walgreens and Front Range Village), the sidewalk network will
be connected and expanded to the east and west.
This site is located in an activity center corridor. Accordingly, all pedestrian criteria
should achieve level of service '13' or better. Since the existing sidewalk system has
numerous breaches, quantifying existing conditions is very subjective. A pedestrian
level of service table follows.
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As indicated, long-term operating conditions will be acceptable at all locations except
the Harmony Road — Timberline Road intersection. This intersection will operate
below desirable levels whether or not this development is built. It should be noted
that the traffic estimates used in these analyses are considered conservative. Ac-
cordingly better than indicated operating conditions may be realized. Additionally,
traffic on Timberline will be reaching the level where widening to six lanes may be
needed. This widening is consistent with the Master Street Plan. Capacity work
sheets are in Appendix G.
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