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Traffic Forecasts <br /> <br />Traffic was forecasted and analyzed to iwvestigate the tktttu'e impact that the Puke Homes <br />development would have on tile current and future roadway network in and around tile <br />development site. Current construction is underway [n the area and was incorporated into <br />the trail:it study. Presently the Town Center 1 (TC1) development is under construction <br />with a "Build Out" ye,-u' scheduled for 200'7. Four scenarios were analyzed to see how <br />the Pulte Home development would effect the local roadway system in addidoaal to <br />concurrent development within the aa'ea. The first scenario investigated kow the <br />de,~e[opment would affect the studied roadways and intersections as a stand-alone <br />development. The second scenario added tr~Tfic fbrecasted for Town Center l (TC1) in <br />tile Ramsey Town Center Trqffic AnMysia; March 2003 and a proposed Superstore <br />located directly adjacent to the Town Center 2 (TCZ) site that [s not included in the Putte <br />Homes Development. The third scenario investigated a re-route of A~Tnstrong Boulevard <br />NW (CSAH 83) through the study area with the forecasted traffic 'tbr :I'C1, Superstore, <br />and tile Pulte Site added to thebasetine traflSc. The fburth scenario reflected tl.~e traffic <br />fbrecast el:feets of adding a Principal Arterial as a new. dyer crossing extending south <br />[5.'om the realigned Armstrong Boulevard NW (CS,Ali 83) at TH t0/l 69 intersection. <br /> <br />Trip generation .~br the Puke Homes site was detemlined using the Trip Generation <br />Manual. 7m Edition, institute of Transportation Engineers,.2003. Trip generation rates <br />were evaluated i'br all of the uses of rite site, using data for Single Family Detached <br />Housing (210), Apartments (220), and Residential Condominiums/To~,~houses (230) <br />the residential portions of the development. General Office Building (7'10) and Special~, <br />Retail Center (814) was used for the commercial tmpect of the development. Also <br />calculmed were the trips generated by the '['own Center 2 (TC2) portion o[the site, using <br />Specialty Retail Center (81.4), Convenience Market with Gas Pumps (853), Pharmacy <br />without Drive-Tba'ough Window (880), Drive-ia Bank (9 t2), and Quality R. estaurant <br />(931 ).. These rates were applied to tile proposed site development, b the first scenario, <br />the proposed trip generation was adder[ to the 2007 traffic projections. Any existing.trip <br />generation is negligible due to the smalt uses of the existing site. The estimated buildh~g . <br />sizes were provided by the City or' Rarnsey. The resttldng A.M. and P:M. trips generated <br />.for the residential, commercial, and '['own Center 2 (TCZ) are shown in Tables 1 -.3. <br /> <br />Table 1 ......... <br />A~ and PM P~ak HourT,r!p Generation <br />Residential Land Use Trip G'e'n. IUse Size~' A.M. Pea'~: 'Hour. [P,Mi Peak Hour <br />Code ITripS. r . iTrJps <br /> <br /> .... in Out In Out <br /> Single Family 210 ~87 Units.'.- 20 '.' 50 _ 55 .. 35 <br />Cluib Homes 230 I 82 Units 1.0 3,5 30 115 <br />'Court Homes }23,0 1258 Unit:s 20 95 . 90 !45 <br />Village,Ro.w.sJ 230 "J 266 Units . 2,0 100 96 j SO <br />Apartments .., 20_0. j laouncs_ [2o 75 "'75' }40 <br />Totat ., , :j 190. 1358 , ~5. J188 <br /> <br />-448- <br /> <br />Putte Homes Development EA <br />7'raf/ic bnpacz Study <br /> <br />· page 8 of 24 <br /> ?repared bt,: <br /> <br /> <br />