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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDRAKE CROSSING, SAFEWAY FUEL CENTER - PDP - 35-96D - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - TRAFFIC STUDYN Not to Scale Figure 2 SITE PLAN - �R ,� ,¢ram. ' ';ic +! � ' �„� 1►� h �, t Valley�Forge9venue'� SITE , 16 As , . .,. �. Google- i Gu er 'i0'33'14 79' tr 105'0101.93' W - u u '__ I. INTRODUCTION Overview This intermediate level traffic impact study addresses the capacity, geometric, and control requirements associated with the proposed Safeway Fueling Facility, a re- development of the southwest corner of South Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Avenue in Fort Collins, Colorado. This study has been prepared in accordance with the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards" for traffic impact studies Repealed and Reenacted October 1, 2002- Description of Site The parcel for development consists of about 0.88 acres and currently has a small gas station and self serve car wash in operation. The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, with a Safeway and other retail uses, is adjacent to the site on the west. The site location is depicted on Figure 1. Description of Project The proposed development will remove the existing gas station and car wash uses and replaced them with a new Safeway Gas Station including convenience center and automatic car wash- The project will likely be completed in under a year. The site will have access to the Drake Crossing Shopping Center internal roads which in turn have existing full movement accesses to Valley Forge Avenue, South Taft Hill Road, West Drake Road and Hampshire Road. The site is likely to have the vast majority of customers use the most direct accesses at S. Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Avenue. Additional customers are anticipated to be attracted from, or as a combined use to, the adjacent Safeway Grocery Store. A site plan of the proposed development is shown in Figure 2. Analysis Scope For this intermediate traffic study, to represent the traffic conditions one year after the proposed completion of the proposal, the short year term planning horizon for site -analysis was identified as Year 2008- The analysis contained in report examines Existing and Year 2008 traffic conditions. Pursuant to scoping discussions with city of Fort Collins Staff, the intersections v included in this study are-, S. Taft Hill Road and Drake Road, S. Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Avenue, and the existing accesses from the Drake Crossings Shopping Center to both S. Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Avenue. 3 J Executive Summary The Safeway Fueling Center at Drake Crossings is a proposed gas station with car wash and convenience center development. It is located on the southwest corner -- of S. Taft Hill Road and Valley Forge Avenue, in Fort Collins, Colorado. The proposed development will take the place of an existing gas station and car wash which currently operates on the site. The location of the site is depicted on Figure _ Existing Traffic was measured at the intersections of S. Taft Hill Road / Valley Forge Avenue, S_ Taft Hill Road / Drake Road, S. Taft Hill Road and the Drake Crossings Access, and Valley Forge Drive and the Drake Crossings Access. Existing operations were examined for Levels of Service and found to be acceptable. The site is projected to attract approximately 30% of its customers who already use the Safeway Grocery store as part of the "co -branded" gasoline promotion. The "new" traffic generated by proposed development is projected to be 605 per weekday, with 49 trips occurring in the AM Peak Hour and 72 trips occurring in the PM Peak Hour. Weekday Peak Hour conditions were analyzed for short term 2008 background and total conditions. Background traffic was estimated by assuming a 2% annual growth of the existing traffic on Drake Road and S. Taft Hill Road. Both background and total operations were examined for Levels of Service and found to be acceptable with or without the proposed development. Queues were examined for total traffic conditions and also found to be acceptable and contained within the _ available storage. The conclusion: Based on the analysis of Existing, Future Background and Total Traffic projections, it has been determined that the proposed project traffic can be accommodated on the existing roadway network without any roadway improvements while still maintaining the acceptable Level of Service Operations and queues per City of Fort Collins standards. 4 A J 2 T SAFEWAY FUELING CENTER AT DRAKE CROSSING TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY Fort Collins, Colorado April 2006 Prepared for: Galloway, Romero & Associates 5350 DTC Parkway Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111-3006 Prepared by: Krager and Associates, Inc. 899 Logan Street, Suite 210 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303)446-2626 657 SWFtC SAFEWAY FUELING FACILITY AT DRAKE CROSSINGS TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY April 2006 Associates, Inc.