Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/04/2017 - Special

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2. ExistinQConditions a. Corridor Characteristics As mentioned, the proposed site is located to the west of Puma Street, south of Alpine Drive, and north of Trunk Highway (TH) 10 in Ramsey, Minnesota. Table 1 shows the characteristics of the key roadway corridors around this site and within the study area. Table 1 — Study Corridor Characteristics Name' Bunker Lake Boulevard (MSAS 12) Puma Street (MSAS 109) Alpine Drive (MSAS 112) Designation Minor Collector Speed Limit 30 mph Local Street 30 mph Minor Collector 40 mph Lanes Transit2 2 undivided None 2 undivided None 2 undivided None Peds/ Bicycles Sidewalk on north side Sidewalk on west side Sidewalk on north side 1 MSAS = Municipal State Aid Street 2 Transit routes are available roughly 1.5 miles away at Ramsey Station & Platform b. Traffic Volumes 48-hour intersection videos were collected at the existing study intersections under normal weekday conditions in February 2017. Using these videos, 24-hour turning movement counts were created by averaging the two days to smooth out any single day anomalies and create a typical day. Based on these averages, the AM and PM peaks were determined to be 7:00 AM to 8:OOAM and 4:45PM to 5:45 PM. The averaged turning movement counts from these two peak hours were used at the study intersections for analysis. The turning movement count data from the counts are contained in fifteen minute intervals in the Appendix. Based on the Weekday turning movement volumes, the current daily traffic volumes on each study corridor are: i. 38 vehicles per day on Bunker Lake Boulevard. ii. 100 vehicles per day on Puma Street. iii. 1,100 vehicles per day on Alpine Drive. Traffic Impact Study 2 Pearson Farm Residential Development CONSULTING