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Jason Holland
From: Ward Stanford
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2014 9:19 AM
To: Jason Holland; 'suebrown1953@hotmail.com'
Subject: RE: Cumulative impact of new Plum Street projects on traffic
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Hello Ms. Brown,
To date the various projects have not caused the Shields and Plum intersections’ level of service to drop below City
policies. The studies look at traffic being generated by a development proposal during the rush hours, when traffic
volumes are highest. There is also an expectation that a higher percentage of students may use alternative modes of
travel (walk, bike or bus) than typical apartment or residential homeowners since there is limited on‐campus parking
and limited on‐street parking available in the surrounding neighborhoods. Even though there are those afore mentioned
expectations the traffic study reviews the development as if most of the traffic will be motor vehicle traffic.
Due to the amount of development taking place on Plum and some general background growth in general we do expect
to have to make signal timing adjustments in the future and will be watching the intersection as the developments start
taking on residents.
I hope this helps but if you would like to talk further please feel free to contact me at the number below.
Kind regards,
Ward Stanford
Traffic Systems Engineer
City of Fort Collins
Traffic Operations
970‐221‐6630
wstanford@fcgov.com
From: Jason Holland
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 12:04 PM
To: 'suebrown1953@hotmail.com'
Cc: Ward Stanford
Subject: Cumulative impact of new Plum Street projects on traffic
Importance: High
Sue,
I wanted to follow up with you on your questions regarding traffic on Plum Street and Shields. I believe your concern
from last week’s neighborhood meeting involved the cumulative effect of new student housing projects on Plum Street
such as The District and Scott Plaza, and whether the additional traffic these projects are anticipated to generate will
trigger any requirement for new street improvements that would help improve traffic flow and safety in this area. I
have included Ward Stanford in this email so that we can provide you with more information on this subject.
Thanks,
Jason
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Jason Holland
From: Sue <suebrown1953@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 3:39 PM
To: Jason Holland
Cc: Ward Stanford
Subject: Re: Cumulative impact of new Plum Street projects on traffic
Thank you so much for your email – I appreciate your follow‐up. Ward, I would love to discuss further with
you. You can contact me at 704‐607‐2279. Thank you!!
From: Jason Holland
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 12:04 PM
To: mailto:suebrown1953@hotmail.com
Cc: Ward Stanford
Subject: Cumulative impact of new Plum Street projects on traffic
Sue,
I wanted to follow up with you on your questions regarding traffic on Plum Street and Shields. I believe your concern
from last week’s neighborhood meeting involved the cumulative effect of new student housing projects on Plum Street
such as The District and Scott Plaza, and whether the additional traffic these projects are anticipated to generate will
trigger any requirement for new street improvements that would help improve traffic flow and safety in this area. I
have included Ward Stanford in this email so that we can provide you with more information on this subject.
Thanks,
Jason
Jason Holland, PLA | City Planner
City of Fort Collins
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80522
970.224.6126
jholland@fcgov.com