HomeMy WebLinkAboutSHENANDOAH PUD - PRELIMINARY - 47-95 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 - TRAFFIC STUDYAvenue. The left -in will operate acceptably and will meet the
geometric design requirements of the State Highway Access Code.
Provision of this access will also improve the operation of the
adjacent signalized intersections.
It is expected that traffic volumes at the two signalized
intersections will be similar to those forecasted in the cited
report. Volumes will likely increase slightly at the College/CR32
intersection and decrease slightly at the College/North Street
intersection. The operation at the College/CR32 intersection will
be at level of service C in the morning peak hour and level of
service D in the afternoon peak hour. The operation at the
College/North Street intersection will be better than that
indicated in the cited report, since it is proposed to be a T
intersection. The Victoria Drive leg has been eliminated.
Moving the signal location from Victoria Drive to the North
Street was a solution accepted by the Victoria Estates residents
in a neighborhood meeting. It has the advantage of moving the
signal to a location that meets the objectives of the State Highway
Access Code and eliminates the possibility of through traffic
volumes on Victoria Drive being directly to/from Shenandoah. As
was pointed out in the neighborhood meeting, moving the signal from
the Victoria Drive location to the North Street location will cause
the College/Victoria intersection to be a limited turn
intersection.
It is concluded that the key intersections will operate
acceptably. This memorandum, coupled with the other traffic study
submittals, address the traffic impacts related to the Shenandoah
ODP.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Jim McCory, Colorado Land Source
Frank Vaught, Vaught*Frye Architects
Fort Collins Planning Department
Fort Collins Transportation Division
FROM: Matt Delich
DATE: June 4, 1996
SUBJECT: Supplementary traffic analysis for the revised
Shenandoah ODP (File: 9582MEM5)
This memorandum provides supplementary traffic
information pertaining to the Shenandoah ODP, which is part
of the Ridgewood Hills ODP. The scope of this supplementary
traffic analysis was discussed with Fort Collins
Transportation Division staff. The "Shenandoah Site Access
Study," October 1995 was submitted in the fall of 1995 with
the original submittal.
In the cited traffic study, the proposed land uses
generated the following traffic volumes:
Daily - 18,990
AM - 701
PM - 1,836
The current land use proposal is expected to generate the
following traffic volumes:
Daily - 17,730
AM - 1,118
PM - 1,695
It is expected that the daily and afternoon peak hour trip
ends would decrease and the morning peak hour trip ends would
increase. The morning travel increases, since there are more
employment based uses at the site. The afternoon peak hour
travel decreases for the same reason. Travel in the morning
increases at the time of day when key intersections have more
excess capacity. Conversely, in the afternoon, the volumes
decrease when intersections tend to have less excess capacity.
The proposed site plan shows one of the signalized
intersections moved to a location approximately 200 feet south
of the half mile location between CR32 and CR34 (Trilby Road).
This location meets the requirements of the State Highway
Access Code. The signal at Victoria Drive will be eliminated
with this proposed site plan. A right-in/right-out access is
shown to/from the neighborhood service center. This access
was analyzed in the cited study and will operate acceptably.
As this proposal proceeds through the Fort Collins Development
Review Process, consideration should be given to having the
limited turn access also include a left -in from College