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Traffic Forecasts <br /> <br />Traffic was ~'orecasted and analyzed to investigate thc 'kt:m'e impact that the Puke Homes <br />developmem would have on tile currem and f'uture roadway network in and arou'nd the <br />development site, Currerxt construction is underway tn ;he area and was incorporated into <br />the tr'~c study. Presently the Town Center 1 (TC!) development is under construction <br />with a "Build Out" yea' scheduled for 2007., Four scenarios were analyzed to see how <br />the Putte Home deveiopmenl would effect the local roadway system in additional to <br />concurrent development within the re'ea. The first scenario J. nvestigated how the <br />development would affect the studied roadways and intersections as a stand-alone <br />development. The second scenario added ;r~xffic forecasted for Town Center 1 (TCI) in <br />the Ramsey Town Center Trqffic Ana/y.rh', March 2003 and a proposed Superstore <br />located directly adjacent to the Town Center 2 (TC2) site that Es not included in the Puke <br />Homes Development. The third scenario investigated a re-route of Armstrong Boulevard <br />NW (CSAH 83) through the study area with the forecasted traffic 'fbr TCi, Superstore, <br />and the Pu[te Sire added to the baseline tra25c. The fourth scenario t:eflected tl.~e traffic <br />fbrecasr effects of adding a Principal Arterial as a new river crossing extending sout. h <br />fi'om the realigned Armstrong Boulevard NW (CSAH 83) at TI-I I 0/i 69 intersection. <br /> <br />Trip generation ibr the Pulte Homes site was determined using the Trip Generation <br />MarmaL 7m Edition, Institute of'Transportation Engineers, 2003. Trip generation rates <br />were evaluated tbr ail of thc uses of the site, using data for Single Family Detached <br />Housing (2 tO), Apartments (220), and Residential Condominiums?R~wnhouses (230) tbr <br />the residential portions of the development. General Office Building (7'10) and Special .w. <br />R.etail 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 Re.tail Center.(814), Convenience'Market with Gas Pumps (853), Pharmacy <br />without Drive-Through Window (8.80), Drive-fn Bank (9[2)~ and Quality Restaurant <br />(9.31). These rates were applied to the proposed site development, h~ the first scenario, <br />the proposed trip generation was added to the 2007 trau%c projections. Any existing u'ip <br />generation is negligible due to the small uses o~'the existing site. The estimated building <br />sizes were provided by the City of Rmnsey. The resulting A.M. and P.M. trips generated <br />.for the residential, commercial, and Town Center 2 (TC2) are shown in Tables l-3. <br /> <br />Table q <br /> <br />AM and PM Peak Hour Trip Generation <br />Residential Land Use iTrip Gen. <br /> }Code <br /> <br />I!Use Size TriRsA'M' Peak Hour TripsP'M' Peak Hour <br />i out <br /> <br />Club Homes ~ 230 30 <br /> 15 <br /> <br />Court Homes i230 <br />i Village Rows i230 <br />I Apartments t 220 <br />iTotai <br /> <br />187 Units - 20 <br />i82 Uni[s 1.0 <br />]256 Units 20. <br />i266 Units 20 <br />! 180 Units 120 <br /> <br />t100 <br /> <br />j75 <br /> <br />90 145 <br />95 i 50 <br />75 !40 <br /> <br />345 j185 <br /> <br />-228- <br /> <br /> · pr~ge 8 q/'24 <br /> ?rt:pcu'ed by.' <br />Bo//On & M%nk, <br /> <br /> <br />