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ENGINEERING T 'AF11:1C FORWARD <br /> Technical Memorandum <br /> To: Kent Roessler, Paxmar <br /> From: Mike Spack, P.E., P.T.O.E. <br /> Date: January 12, 2018 <br /> Re: Miske Meadows Traffic Comparison <br /> The purpose of this memorandum is to compare the amount of traffic generated by the proposed <br /> residential development on the Miske Property to the amount of traffic anticipated to be generated by <br /> the site's development in the 2004 River Park Traffic Study. The site is located south of County Road 13 <br /> (Twin Lakes Road) and west of County Road 40 (Davis Street) in Elk River, Minnesota. <br /> Background <br /> In 2004,Traffic Data Inc. completed a traffic study of the proposed development area which included 547 <br /> Single Family Homes and 174 Townhomes. The current development plan is for the Miske property to be <br /> developed with 462 Single Family Homes and 32 Townhomes. Also notable since 2004 is the construction <br /> of Twin Lakes Elemntary School on the northern portion of the study site. <br /> Conclusion <br /> The reduction in proposed single and multi-family homes on the Miske property from the 2004 study has <br /> decreased the estimated amount of site traffic both daily and in the PM peak hour. However,the AM peak <br /> hour traffic shows an increase in traffic,which is largely due to the addition of the elementary school.The <br /> most current AADT volumes show that the growth on Twin Lakes Road and Davis Street is less than the <br /> 2004 Study's projected volumes for the build conditions and are rather more in agreement with the no- <br /> build scenario.Therefore, it is anticipated that the 2024 volume will be closer to the values presented in <br /> the no-build scenario rather than the build. <br /> Traffic Counts <br /> The 2004 River Park Traffic Study included AADT(Annual Average Daily Traffic)volumes for the year 2004 <br /> as well as projected AADT volumes of both the build and no-build conditions for the years of 2011 and <br /> 2024. Using MnDOT's Interactive Traffic Data Application, AADT volumes from the year 2014 were <br /> obtained and compared to the previous volumes shown in the 2004 study. The results are in Table 1 <br /> shown next to the volumes given in the 2004 River Park Traffic Study.As shown,the volumes are generally <br /> less than expected for the No-Build scenarios, suggesting less regional growth than anticipated. <br /> 1 SE MainStreet, #204, Minneapolis, 55414 0 888.232.5512 0 www.SpackConsulting.com <br />