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HomeMy WebLinkAboutVINE BUSINESS PARK - MASTER PLAN - 47-87B - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - TRAFFIC STUDYCo Memorandum 0 CO p To: Bill Reynolds o Eldon Ward 0 Rick Ensdorff J O 01. 10 `O M From: Matt Delich 0 Z 3 Date: July 3, 1989 W >p Subject: Preliminary traffic study of the Vine Business Park. Master Plan W Z W a This memorandum presents a preliminary traffic z study of the Vine Business Park Master Plan addressing } specific concerns. The following specific concerns are Z presented: a CO C' - Trip generation M - Trip distribution - Access locations - Road geometrics This study relates to the preliminary conceptual plan prepared by Cityscape Urban Design, Inc. dated June 19p 1989. The master plan is presented in a conceptual sense. When specific development proposals are put forth on all or part of the land, a detailed traffic study should be performed. Streets CM z LU This proposed development is located at the w z northwest quadrant of I-25 and Vine Street in Fort z Collins, Colorado. Vine Street is classified as an �+! L _, arterial and I-25 is a freeway. There is no interchange CL: > on I-25 at Vine Street. A number of alternative o corridors for the Fort Collins Expressway pass through z this area. Two of the alternatives' alignment are on v a Vine Street itself and approximately 1500 north of Vine Street. As an arterial, Vine Street will have an ulti- UJ ® cc a mate cross section of four lanes with a center turn lane z at appropriate locations. The timing of the Fort cc Collins Expressway is dependent upon funding and plan- ning decisions by the Colorado Department of Highways c� and the City of Fort Collins. Lu 5- Figure I shows the proposed road system within the F.- Vine Business Park and through the adjacent land to the �. north. The land to the north is owned by Anheuser Busch .Company and is the subject of current discussions 0 0 A(�y Entrance to Anheuser Busch Brewery —� COUNTY ROAD 50 Anheuser Busch Agricultural Property O Ix ua i- Ix VINE DRIVE (FORT COLLINS EXPRESSWAY) PROPOSE® ftAD SYSTEM 0 . Figure 1 C_ 0 regarding access through the property. The road through the Anheuser Busch property is master planned at/near the location shown in Figure 1. Vine Business Park Master Plan Vine Business Park is proposed to be an industrial. park development. There is a total of 165.7 acres, with 13.5 acres intended as a regional detention area. A schematic of the plan is shown in Figure 2. The letters on the schematic plan refer to parcels which are shown in Table 1, Trip Generation. The northern portion of Parcel A is under consideration for a bottle and can warehouse. This use is directly related to the Anheuser Busch Brewery, approximately one mile to the north. There are options regarding access from Parcel A to the Anheuser Busch Brewery: (1) access via the master planned street through the property to the north; and (2) access via the planned streets in the Vine Business Park to the south to Vine Street, then east to the frontage road, then north to County Road 50, then west to the brewery entrance road. These two options will be discussed further, later in this report. Trip Generation Trip generation is important in considering the impact of a development such as this upon the existing and proposed street system. A compilation of trip generation information was prepared by the Institute of Transportation Engineers in 1976, updated in 1987, and was used to project trips tha.t would be generated by the proposed uses at this site. Table 1 shows the expected trip generation on a daily and peak hour basis. The assumed use category for the Vine Business Park from the Trip Generation Manual was industrial park. The building areas were estimated by Cityscape. The analysis assumed no transit, ridesharing, or internal trips. As such, the generation values used in subse- quent analyses are conservatively high. Trip Distribution Directional distribution of the generated trips from/to the Vine Business Park was determined assuming the future street system in the area and future land uses in the city. The distribution shoran in Figure 3 was used in this preliminary traffic analysis. The VINE Anheuser Busch Agricultural Property ORT CO B i ego• �oo� re a a ® oo C� Oml g NS AY) VINE BUSINOSS PARK SITE PLA# Figure 2 n U 0 Land Use Phase 1 - 150 KSF Bottle/can warehouse Remainder of Parcel A 325 KSF Parcel B - 622 KSF Parcel C - 158 KSF Parcel D - 160 KSF Parcel E - 243 KSF Total Tabl e i Trip Generation Daily A.M. Peak Trips Trips Trips in out 1045 114 25 P.M. Peak Trips Trips in out 31 115 2265 247 54 66 249 4335 473 104 127 477 1100 120 26 32 12.1 1115 122 27 33 123 1695 185 41 50 186 119555 1261 277 339 1271 11 11 I:J m-- TRIP ®ISTRJTI®IV 0 Figure 3 North Front Range Corridor Study was used to develop the long range future trip distribution. Traffic Assignment Using the above trip generation and trip distribution, an average daily traffic assignment was performed. A daily, rather than peak hour assignment, was performed since this conceptual master plan is not specific and is intended only to show order of magnitude traffic. Detailed analysis of individual intersections should be performed in later traffic studies when more specific development proposals are put forth. The traffic assignment is shown in Figure 4. This assignment assumes that the road through the Anheuser Busch property to the north is complete according to the master plan on that property. Background traffic was obtained from the North Front Range Corridor Study and other traffic studies performed in this general area. Only a long range (2010) traffic projection was conducted in this preliminary traffic study. Short and long range projections should be shown in subsequent traffic studies when specific developments are proposed. Fort Collins Expressway The City of Fort Collins and the State of Colorado are evaluating alternative alignments for the Fort Collins Expressway in this area and its eventual interchange with I-25. The current alignment has the expressway intersecting with State Highway 14 near Summit View. Two of the alternative alignments being considered are on Vine Drive and approximately 1500 feet north of Vine Street. The later alignment would bisect. the Vine Business Park and would not offer significant benefit to this property or a number of others in the area. Keeping the expressway alignment on an existing street right-of-way (Vine Drive),.with some additional dedication for widening, would appear to be the best for area property owners and development of land in the area. Since no decision has been made regarding the expressway alignment, this master plan and preliminary traffic study assume that the expressway will not follow the alignment located 1500 feet north of Vine Drive. Future Access The following comments are made concerning access and geometrics with regards to the Vine Business Park Master Plan. 0 is ® Alk LONG RANG* DAILY TRAFFIC ob Figure 4 - In the long range, access from the Vine Business Park can be made at two locations, one being to the south to Vine Drive (possible expressway location) and the other being to the north to County Road 50 through the Anheuser Busch property. Depending upon the allowed access to the expressway, the access to Vine Drive may, in fact, be to a collector/arterial road system rather than the expressway itself. - In the short range, access to County Road 50 (to the north) can be made through the Anheuser Busch property. The developer of the Vine Business Park is prepared to construct the necessary streets in order tc make this connection. While Anheuser Busch may not be ready to develop this property to the north, there appears to be no negatives to allowing the construction of the road through the property. The current use is agriculture, which the road will not affect other than slightly reducing the amount of land under cultivation. The positive impact to the Anheu..ser Busch property is that the already master planned road will be built, opening the propety to development interests. - Completion of the road through the Anheuser Busch property to the north has advantages to the first phase user of the Vine Business Park, the bottle and can warehouse. Since most/all of the business of the warehouse involves interaction with the Anheuser Busch Brewery, the travel time and distance will be significantly reduced with the completion of the road. The distance from the warehouse to the south entrance to the brewery at County Road 50 is 2400 feet (0.45 miles).. The distance from the warehouse to the same location via the shortest route on the existing public street system is 12,600 feet (2.40 miles). There is almost a 2 mile reduction in travel distance. Assuming an average travel speed of 25 mph, the longer route will require almost five mi'ntes longer for this trip. While five minutes is not perceived as a long time, it is actually more than five times longer than the more direct route through the property to the north. Depending upon the number of trips per day between the warehouse and the brewery, this can be a significant amount of time and fuel consumed. - Completion of the road through the Anheuser Busch property to the north of the Vine Business Park has advantages to the City of Fart Collins, also. o The reduced travel time and distance will cause a corresponding reduction in air pollution generated due to motor vehicle travel. o The completion of the link between Vine Drive and County Road 50 west of I-25 will provide an important road connection in this area of Fort Collins. It will provide another alternative route for brewery employees and visitors. It will also act as a frontage road on the west side of I-25. o Improvement of the transportation network will make this area of Fort Collins more attractive for development. For a long time, the City has attempted to encourage development in the north area of Fort Collins. It will likely spawn industrial/business park development which is well suited in this area. Figure 5 shows the long range lane requirements on the area roads. These are based upon the traffic volumes shown in Figure 4. This preliminary traffic study only addresses the traffic impacts in a generalized manner and is only appropriate for the master plan submitted. It is recommended that a more detailed traffic study be considered as the various elements of this project advance through the planning process. Conclusions The following conclusions are drawn from this preliminary traffic analysis of Vine Business Park Master Plan: - It is expected that this proposed development, at full build -out as described, will generate approximately 11,500 vehicle trip ends on an average weekday. - Traffic volumes on the various streets and highways in this area are in line with the North Front Range Corridor Study. They are also at levels that can be handled on the collectors and arterials in this area of Fort Collins. - The geometric requirements in this area are in basic accordance with the Fort Collins Master Street Plan. - The location of the Fort Collins Expressway is currently under study. Locating the expressway on the Vine Drive alignment would be of benefit to the Vine Business Park, since it would not bisect the property as another alignment under consideration. LONG RANCf LINE REQUIREM TS Figure 5 It is recommended that access to County Road 54 through the Anheuser Busch agricultural property to the north of the Vine Business. Park be implemented as soon as possible. This connection has advantages to the first proposed user of the Vine Business Park (bottle and can warehouse), Anheuser Busch, and the City of Fort Collins. - Additional traffic studies should be conducted when specific development proposals are put forth. Ideally, a traffic impact study should be conduc.ted which considers this property as well as other nearby development proposals.