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Steve Jankowski, P.E, <br /> <br />- 3 - January 14, 2000 <br /> <br />County Road 116 is a two-lane roadway that runs east-west through the City of Ramsey. County <br />Road 116 was recently extended from Ramsey Boulevard west to Armstrong Boulevard, with ail- <br />way stop-sign control at Ramsey Boulevard and stop sign control on County Road 116 at <br />Armstrong Boulevard, Sunwood Drive is a two-lane roadway that runs east-west through the <br />City of Ramsey and terminates with stop-sign control at Ramsey Boulevard. <br /> <br />Traffic operations for existing conditions were analyzed for the following key intersections: <br /> <br />Armstrong Boulevard and'County Road 116 <br />Armstrong Boulevard and TH 10 <br />Ramsey Boulevard and County Road 116 <br />Ramsey Boulevard and Sunwood Drive <br />Ramsey Boulevard and TH 10 <br /> <br />A traffic operations analysis was conducted for the a.m. and p.m, peak hours at each of the key <br />intersections to determine how traffic c.urrently operates within the project area. Traffic <br />operations are characterized with a totter'grade from A through F. Levels of service within the <br />range of A through D are generally considered acceptable, Levels of service E and F represent <br />capacity problems and high delays at the intersection and are generally considered unacceptable. <br />More thorough descriptions of the traffic conditions under each level of service are summarized <br />in Table 1 below. <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />Level of Service (LOS) Descriptions <br /> <br />LEVEL OF ~ERVICE AV~,R~GE DELAY PER DESCRIPTION OF' TRAFFIC <br /> D.ESIGNATION VEHICLE (SECONDS) CONDITIONS , <br /> <br /> Low delays; most vehicles do not <br /> A Less than 5 <br /> stop; a.cceptable LOS <br /> B 5-15 Low delays; some vehi'ctes must st~p; <br /> acceptable L. OS <br /> '- ' Moderate delays; some &ycle failures;' <br /> C 15-25 many vehicles must stop; acceptable <br /> LOS .. . <br /> ' ' Moderate delays; cycl'& failures <br /> D 25-40 noticeable; many more vehicles must <br /> stop; limit of acceptable LOS <br />..... Significant delays; cycle failures are <br /> E 40-60 frequent; most vehicles required to <br /> stop; unacceptable LOS <br /> Significant delays; many cycle <br /> F Over 60 failures; most or all vehicles must <br /> stop; u. naccep~ble LOS <br /> <br /> <br />