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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY MARKET PUD - PRELIMINARY - 54-87B - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - TRAFFIC STUDY (3) • MEH0 RAN D coLiM co To : Eric Bracke , Fort Collins Transport . Planner 0 o Ted Shepard, Fort Collins Planner Pete Ins..?.na , Pace o Tony Fiest , Fiest , Meager & Co. j��\i%r � Frank Vaught , �JaughtFry'e v "_ • CD From: Platt Del ith APR 7 1989 IL, , ii; J V� L Date : April 13, 1989 _ I� Li., Subject : Harmony Market Traffic Analyses --- Z w This memorandum addresses two specific concerns: ( 1 ) impact on Boardwalk if Oakridge Drive is completed from the Phase 1 line to Lemay ; and ( 2) utilizing Whalers Way as a short-cut to the Pace store from s.outhbound Lemay. 1 . Fort Col l ins Staff expressed concern about the impacts on Boardwalk , particularly north of Harmony , if Oakridge Drive is completed from Lemay Avenue to the Phase 1 line ( service access for Pace ) . Completion of Oakridge Drive in the Phase 1 development (Pace only) wi l l have no affect on the amount of traffic that wi l l u t i 1 i ze Boardwalk north of Harmony . There w i l l , however , be a modest reduction of traffic that wi 1 1 utilize Boardwalk south of Harmony . If the Oakridge Drive connection is made to Lemay Avenue , 10% of the generated trips from Lemay, south of Harmony , will likely utilize this portion of Oakridge Drive since it '..' ill significantly shorten their trip . It also Q eliminates their having to use Harmony Road. A small portion of the trips from/to Lemay north of Harmony and from/to Harmony east of Lemay may also utilize Oakridge ui w Drive to access the Pace store . However , I bel ieve that - J this will be an extremely small portion of these n' atrons. , and in fact , they will likely find that • utilizing Oakridge Drive actually increases their travel = o distance and time to the Pace store . J c w m In my judgment , completion of Oakridge Drive from o Lemay Avenue to Boardwalk wi l l not have a significant impact on traffic accessing the Pace store . Both the • Q - Harmony/Lemay and Harmony/Boardwalk signalized • intersections will operate at level of service B or better during the peak hours . Completion of this link = c wi 1 1 not change the expected level of service categories. . Completion of Oakridge Drive would be more F-- appropriate when stores to the east of the Pace store ct 2E are opened. 411 • 2 . Concern was expressed by the L.andi nQs Neighborhood group that patrons destined for the Pace store from north of Warren Lake utilizing Lemay Avenue will use Whalers Way as a short-rut to get to Boardwalk . This will not 1 i ke l y occur because utilizing Lemay to Harmony to Boardwalk ( vice versa for the exiting trip ) wi 1 1 be considerably faster . The entering trips wj 1 l approach Harmony on Lemay making a right turn . If the Lemay approach has a red s i gnal , that vehicle has the abi 1 i ty to make a right-turn-on-red . This is enhanced because of the location of a right-turn acceleration lane on Harmony . The vehicle wi 1 1 proceed on Harmony to Boardwalk to make the left turn to enter Boardwalk . The Harmony/Boardwalk intersection wi l l be si gna.l i zed and this left turn will be controlled by either a left-turn arrow ( if warranted) and/or a green bal 1 . Si nce Harmony Road is an arterial street , it will have significantly more green time allocated to it compared to Boardwalk . Therefore , delays for the trip described above should be minimal . On the other hand, if the same trips were to u t i 1 i ze Whalers Way a.s a perceived _short-cut , they would be confronted v.iith a left turn at a stop sign controlled intersection at Boardwalk . The left-turn maneuver from a stop sign controlled intersection is considered to be the most time consuming movement , since the vehicle is total 1 y at the mercy of the traffic volumes on the ma.tjor. street , which in this case is Boardwalk . Once entering Boardwalk , the vehicle wi 1 1 proceed to Harmony Road which will be signalized . It is likely that the vehicle wi l l be confronted with a red signal since most of the green time for th i = signal must be allocated to Harmony Road due to its classification , traffic volumes , and the need to establish a good progression pattern on Harmony Road . The reverse trip ( exiting the Face store ) will also be confronted with the same route choices . The driver wi 1 1 find that utilizing Harmony Road wi l l be faster for all of the same reasons . It i my conclusion that there will be no time savings using Whalers Way rather than Harmony Road . Further , there will be no time savings using Lemay to Oa.kr i dqe to Board!'•jal k ( if Oakr i dge were completed) rather than Harmony Road as described above . • • DECO y-ll- 89 Trip Generation Gaily A.M. Peak. P .M. Peak Land Use Trips Trips Trips Trips Trips CGL . SS at 1)LP J : in out in out From Traffic Study Pace - 100 ksf 4970 30 20 190 190 Remaining 325. 1 ksf* 16160 98 65 618 618 Total 21130 128 85 808 808 * Assumed 20% Pass by From New Site Plan Pace - 100 ksf 3000 18 12 114 114 Remaining 232.55 ksf** 12670 207 123 461 520 Total 15670 225 135 575 634 ** Assume 40% Pass by • • S14-OKr EAA)G.� (PACe ON'-y) PAIL'? -TizAFFIC 36,o0 (89)-7Z 5700 (89)-712 450 CP) - 97 90o (?) - II% 95o Co) — ► 9 . ► 400 Co) - 18% 5-0o0 Cr) 800o C-r' !7, oo09)-8n 18,Zo0(89 -£38�% WWW 00C�-4� 4svCp � - zDD Z b Oo(o)-14% Z 1 5 0 L°' - 107.0 2. I,SOOCT) zo, Sooc ) 00 HARMp1V� 0 ,`1 z 4-960 (89) - 6,oZ 0 .(89) - Oc% 300 CtP - 4 ?0 3000 -00% 2900 (o) -36% 3000 (T) 81 oo CT) 1� oL O � J LEG e .b 639) - �' vmeeuT TPAFFiC cP) - PACE TkAFFI c. CO) - O-roEK Tie"IF PIC �T) — TO-rnL MgAFFIC_ U • • L.o.uG RAJGE HARMONY MAgKET 'oILootrr DAILY TEAFFIC . 31000 (89 - 6-I % S7oo(39)-3I l 100 (Ni'-1 - I Co% Z700 (ttM)- IS 2oO (o) — 33% 10,100 (o) - S57„ 7000 (r) 18,50o(T) «< °° Too (69)- 51� I8,2oo(89) - 47% 2 1o0(µM)- 6% t (noo(NM)- 47 goo I S,Zoo(o)-4.3 18,70060)-4970 36, 00 0(7) 3 8,Soo(T) 0 (89)- o 20 4900 (e9)-24%0 4400(I-IM) - 44 70 3(0oo64ri)- 18% 4Sao C o> - 56Z I Zoo0(o) -6-87, 3 900 (-r) 20,Soo (T) 1 �Arc�+tE L�GE'ut (Si) - CL,RR6 4T TRAFFIC. NM) - MARMotit? M,a,rKET TRAFFIC. Lo') ` OTNErz T.APFlc L`r� - To-rA AFFtc. 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