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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWESTBROOKE PUD SECOND FILING FINAL - 3 90H - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 - TRAFFIC STUDYIf c a a 0 0 0 z a J W >o J W cc z W a z W J N t- N N W Li J W 7 MEMORANDUM Nr Ln 6 To: Chuck Betters, The Group Inc. cD Jeff Couch Mike Herzig, City of Fort Collins � a From: Matt Delich U- Date: July 15, 1996 Subject: Platt Property - 41 D.U. traffic study o (File: 96451TEM1) N This memorandum documents my analyses. related to the development of 41 single family detached) dwelling units proposed to be located to the east of Seneca Street and to the z south of future Troutman Parkway. Figure l shows the location 0 of this development. I had a conversation with Mike Herzig o- on July 11, 1996, with regard to the scope of this traffic. study. There are two approaches to serving this proposed development._ The first approach assumes that all development traffic will utilize the existing street system via Seneca Street and Wakerobin Lane to access the arterial streetsL_The second approach assumes that there will be a temporary connection to Wabash Street to access the arterial street. system, namely Shields Street. Mike stated that the new Fort Collins Street Standards identify a "Residential Collector Street" at 36 feet wide. The cross section has one lane in each direction and a bike lane on each side of the street. This cross section would not accommodate on -street parking and would handle <2500 vehicles per day. Mike said that Wabash Street could qualify as this type"of street on a temporary basis until Troutman Parkway was constructed to Shields Street. - It was my judgment that Wakerobin Lane to the west of Shields Street could 'also qualify as this type of street on a temporary basis. Wakerobin is also 36 feet wide to the west of Shields Street. If using Wakerobin Lane as a temporary connector is accepted, then the first approach to accommodating the development proposal traffic is as follows. Figure 2 shows recent peak hour traffic counts at the Shields/Wakerobin intersection. Using a conventional "rule of thumb" (daily traffic = [(AM peak + PM peak)/2]/0.10), the daily traffic on the west leg of Wakerobin Lane is 1900. The proposed 41 D.U. Will generate 392 (use 395) average weekday trip ends. If all of the site generated traffic uses Wakerobin Lane, the total traffic will be 2295 vehicles per day. This Is less than the maximum threshold for this type of street. If a satisfactory connection is made from the temporary stub of Troutman Parkway to 'the temporary end of Wabash Street, then the second approach to accommodating the development proposal traffic can be used. The traffic that will use Wabash Street will be Cobblestone Corner (40 patio home D.U.), the eastern portion of Mountain Ridge Farm (93 single family D.U.), and the development proposal (41 single family D.U.). The forecasted daily traffic from these developments is 1520 vehicles per day (235 +,,890 + 395). This is less than the maximum threshold for this type of street. There is likely to be some additional traffic on Wabash Street that can not be reasonably forecasted. [This traffic may currently be using Wakerobin Lane. If half of the current traffic to/from the north that is using Wakerobin Lane is diverted to Wabash Street, the resulting volume 2250 (1520 + 730) will still be less than the maximum thrieshold volume for this type of street. It is concluded that the proposed 41 D.U. in this portion of the Platt Property can be accommodated on a temporary residential collector street system. This'was demonstrated using two different streets. i .1 it I II 1 R ! it � 1- ♦ i i♦\ / <arsu M1.tutiu ..v ' I I,,=r W I I• LII )I I.x f 1 1— 'R� I1 '. 4� ♦♦` rr`+ jay - 4{I 1I� Oi [- \ In f I- Is lYhttl � /• 'Cr �I 1 __ •°•t •, 'L vrl �\. St �1 -. \�r.i1 vlx /� ru rYt• i \`�\♦�♦� 4�� \`\;\✓i1rm �; W �♦� rl,i. .eve ♦:.}� \s.\V Il)i rua Dn 1! ^.. 04 �� � 0 ♦\ 4 Y� .me'�- vex `)� I 1 •'\�\ r.S ��"ir \\'.i �\R[RMuili ,\;\��. 5♦O•M � \ v i��'��\ \.1r♦. y\ COVnT '/.�L�'�� ~m4 � 1`\ v 'j � I a �: '\' s,\ _ ..y_�,: ly ^1 /mI vsl y.♦ .l it �`� ,rr le ? vx.\`� \♦ nT .:"3i. it �`. II v l*� \ F — acsee\ .m 4. \\��A a\vxe i4 "_. a..•evr. ♦Os\�'l 3 ! \ �MImONM t• )Y a ✓ •9 Y� a Ix f♦ \ YR Y s a' I > eoomT'Ir ;�r�'iT s mco°iTv d - I I H•-II � � ,''. �. •_ ♦\1 ) \ :• I II !- e v:e)tll\i a /iry i�g 3 e_-0-i? �Ii II R Its I i 4 0 �`.1 — dIt ` 1 / '� I , � ___ • - { u �. •`� shy ... 1 I\� •�n�v�l Iu3. i n.�ll � V]31' 11 }i__ , xi '.AYli`/:T a H•'] `�- V' riS I I J ' `.`/•' it . 4,7 J MLm VM1, °OVII; M) COVIIf � �-♦ il. I a�I_ � Nn f. HARMONY...ROAD ---- N.,VDNVmD„! - M.IM1.ONV 110.D a I NO SCALE SITE LOCATION Figure 1 [a AM / PM 1995 PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC Figure 2