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Traffic Forecasts <br /> <br />Traffic was forecasted and analyzed to investigate the ktture impact that the PuRe Homes <br />development would have on the current and l-'uture roadway network in and around the <br />development site. Current construction is underway in the area and was incorporated into <br />the traffic study, Presently the Town Center 1 (TC1) development is under construction <br />with a "Build Out" year scheduled got' 2007. Four scenarios were analyzed to see hOw <br />the Pulte Home development would eft~ct the loc',d roadway system in additional to <br />concurrent development within the area. The first scenario investigated bow the <br />development would att~ct tl~e studied roadways and intersections as a stand-alone <br />development. The second scenario added traffic Forecasted for Town Center 1 (TCi) in <br />the Rctm,s'ey Tc)wn Ce~,ter Trq/fic An(dy. ri& March 2003 and a proposed Superstore <br />located directly adjacent to ~e Town Center 2 (TC2) site dmt is not included in the PuRe <br />Hotrtes Development. The third scenario investigated a m-route of Armstrong Boulevard · <br />NW (CSAH 83) through the study area with the lbmcasted traffic '~br TCI, Supersmre, <br />and the Pultc Site added to the baseline traffic. The fbtu'th scenario reflected tl.~e trat:Uc <br />~brccast efTects of adding a Principal Arterial as a new. river crossing extending sott~h <br />['rom the realigned Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) at 2.2[-t 10/169 intersection. <br /> <br />Trip generation {br the PuKe Homes site was detem~ined using the Trip Generation <br />Manual, 7~t~ Edition, Institute of Transportation Engineers,.2003. Trip generation rates <br />were evaluated l'br all of the uses of the site, using data for Single Family Detached <br />F[cmsing (210), Apartments (220), arm Residential Condominiums~Townhouses (230) tbr <br />the residential portions of'the development. General Office Building (,'710) and Specialty <br />Retail Center (814) was used lbr the commercial ~mpect'of the development. Also <br />calculated were the trips generated by the '['own Center 2 (TC2) portion o ~' tlm site, using <br />Specialty Retail Comer (814), Convenience Market with Gas Pumps (853), Pharnmcy <br />without Drivc-Ttu'ough Window (880), Drive-Irt Bat-dc (912), and Quality Restaurant <br />(931). These fates were applied to the proposed site development. In the first scenario,. <br />thc proposed trip generation was 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 Ramsey, The resulting A.M, and P.M. trips generated <br />fi)r the residential, commercial and Town Center 2 (TC2) are shown in Tables i-3. <br /> <br />'Fable '1 <br />~N1 and PM Peak Hour Trip Generation <br />Residential Land Use Trip Gen. Use Size !A.M, Pe~k Hour P,~, Peak Hour <br />ICode 'Trips Trips <br /> In c~ut In Dut <br />Single Family 210 87 Units . 20. , 50 56 '35 <br />C__/ub Homes 230 i82 Units 10 35 , 3.,0 15 <br />~ourt Homes 12.30. !256 Units 20 95 90 !45' <br />Villa§e Rows 1230 [ 266 Units 20' 100 95 ! 50 <br />A_partments '- 220 i 180 Uni!s. l~O 75 75 40 <br />r~_otal__L_ I, 90 355 :145 1185 <br /> <br />Pzd/e [¥omex Deve/opmen! E,4 kY <br />'/'/'q/ftc h'npacz ,?htc6, <br />Ci[v (~/'Ramsey, /hwka (..~ozmO~, :t,/imma'o(a <br /> <br /> · . page 8 o./'2:/ <br /> Prepared by: <br />Bo/.,~orz &Menk, h,c <br /> <br />113 <br /> <br /> <br />