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Mr. John Weicht -3- May 11, 1994 • In order to analyze the traffic implications of the proposed of existing turn movement volumes at the Main St./Carson St. intersection needed. To facilitate this understanding, p p°S� auto mall, an understanding II the me g, turn movement counts wereperformed s period (4-6 p.m.) in fifteen minute intervals on M 4, 194 during Eenshoo & Associates, Inc. Existing total approach volumes were also Maier Stewart & Associates, Inc. for the T.H. 169/Main St. intersection. ' obtained from A i n r tM 'n In A listing of accidents which have occurred at the Main St./Carson St. intersection was obtained from the Elk River Police Department. This listing showed that over the past four and one half years, 15 accidents had been reported at this intersection for average of three and one third accidents per year. It was further learned from the of Police that one type of accident had occurred of Police This type more frequently than others at the Chief of accident involved eastbound vehicles on Main St. that were turning left onto northbound Carson St. hitting vehicles on Carson St. waiting onto Main St. to turn RQ way.AlternativP Two different roadway alternatives were considered in the traffic analysis. involved having the only access to Carson St. at Main St., as is current) h other alternative involved the creation of a right turn in/out access y The first north end of Carson St., in addition to the Main St. access. on T.H. 169 at the Y the case. The TRAFFIC FORECASTS • Tri n r liQn Trip generation rates were established for theyroposed development to account expected new and pass by trips. Tripion for the based on studies done at similar locaons by Ben hoof&rates r Associates, Inc.,the auto uses e the trip generation rates for the other retail uses were based on information obtained representatives of those uses. We are confident that the ' Ic. while the Mr. Movies and the Little Caesar's Pizza uses are conservativelyvhigh. ratfor them ugh. Next, it is important to classify trips to and from the development in terms o f the following two categories: . New trips - These are trips that either would be new trips solely tofrom the development. and • . Passby trips - These are existing "through" trips on T.H. 169 that in the future would include a stop at the proposed development. Based on our experiences and information published by the Institute of Tr Engineers, we would estimate that approximate) 90 the development would be new, while 10 percentould Transportation Ypercent of the trips generated by account for multipurpose trips, or trips that wouldmakesstbops at�more thanfied ass one of the businesses in the development, a five percent reduction factor was applied to trip generation. the overall •