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T raftic Fo recasts <br /> <br />Traffic was forecasted and analyzed to investigate the future impact that the Puke Homes <br />development would have on the current and fktture roadway network in and around fl~e <br />development site. Current construction is underway in the area and was incorporated into <br />thc traffic study. 'Presently the Town Center I (TC1) development is under construction <br />with a "Build Out" year schednled :got' 2007. Four scenarios were analyzed to see how <br />the Pulte Home development would effect the local roadway system in additional to <br />concurrent development within the as'ea. The ffLrst scenario [nvestigate.d ho'iv the <br />development would affect the studied roadways and intersections as a stan~t-alone <br />development. The second scenario, added traffic forecasted for Town Center i (TC1) in <br />thc Ramse? Town Center Trqff~c Ancdysi& March 2003 and a proposed Superstore <br />located directly agiacent to the Town Center 2 (TC2) site dmt is.not iacluded in the. Putte <br />Homes Development. The third scenario investigated a re-route 0f Ai, mstrong Boulevat,d <br />NW (CSAH 83) through the study area with the forecasted traffic '/~bt, TCi, S'apersmre, <br />and the Pulte Site added to the baseline traffic. The fburth scenario reflected tl.~e traffic <br />fi)recast effects of adding a Principal Arterial as a new.t'iver crossing extending south <br />fi'om the realigned Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) at TIt t 0/i 69 intersection. <br /> <br />Trip generation for the Pulte Homes site was detem~ined using the Trip Generation <br />Manual, 7*~ Edition, Institute of Transportation Engi.neers,.2003. Trip generation rates <br />were evaluated for all of the uses of the site, using data for Single Fan-dty Detached <br />Housing (210), Apartments (220), and Residential CondominimnslTownhouses (230) t:br <br />the resktential portions of the devbtopment. General Office Building (7'10) and Specialty <br />Retail Center (814) was used lbr the commercial aspect of the developmeat. Also <br />calculated were the trips generated by the Town Center 2 (TC2) portion of the site, using <br />Specialty Retail Center (814); Convenience Market with Gas Pumps (853), Pharmacy <br />without Drive~Through Window (880), Drive4n Bank (9. l 2), and Quality' Restaurant <br />(931 ). These rates ;vere applied to the proposed site development. In tim. first acenar{o, <br />the proposed trip ge~eration ,,vas added to the 2007 traffic projections. Any existing trip <br />generation is negligible due to the small uses of the existing site. The estimated building <br />sizes were provided by the City of Ramscy. The resulting A.M. and P.M. trips generated <br />fbr the residential, commercial, and Town Center 2 (TC2) are shown in Tables i-3. <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />AM and PM Peak Hour T.r!p. Generation <br />Residential Land Use ITrtp '~en. Iuse Size A.M. Peak Hou~ =.M. Peak H'our" <br />Code ... Tr[p.s . Trips <br /> In Out In Out <br />~in~q~Family . ~.10. 87 Units - 20'- 50 55 35 <br />~C_Club Homes 230 182 Units 1.0 35 30 15 <br />C__our[ Homes 230- '! 256 U,its 20 95 [~) 45 <br />Village Rows 1230 ~I, 266 .Unit.s2:0' 100 '95 1 50 <br />A_j~artments 220 I 180 Units 20- 75 ... 75!40 <br />Total__ ! 90 355 !345 !185 <br /> <br />Pulte Homes Development EA ~,Y <br />7'rq(l?c lmprtcz Sludy ": <br />C'ity of Ramsey, /lnoka Count); Minnesota <br /> <br /> · . page 8 of 24 <br />Prepared by: <br />Bollon & N[enk, ]nc <br /> <br /> <br />