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DRAFT November 21, 1995 T.H. 169 • T.H. 169 will not be quite as congested as T.H. 10, but it will still carry heavy traffic volumes. Additional access points directly to the highway should not be permitted. Some existing access points may need to be closed. This should be examined on a case-by-case basis, and will depend on where the displaced traffic will access the highway and to what degree it will promote congestion at those locations. The T.H. 169/Main Street intersection has potential for considerable congestion levels, and further improvements will likely be necessary. Recent improvements at School Street and Jackson Avenue will alleviate problems at these intersections for the foreseeable future. As suggested in the T.H. 10 discussion, the T.H. 10/T.H. 169 interchange will probably need upgrading. County Road 13 County Road 13 is listed as deficient from Main Street to Tyler Street. Since there are no commercial or industrial zones along this road, and therefore its internally generated traffic is residentially produced, traffic volumes are expected to dissipate consistently as the road travels away from the CBD. A capacity deficiency is most • likely to occur near the intersection with Main Street. Channelization improvements and a traffic signal, coordinated with the T.H. 169/Main Street signal, will probably be needed here. Upland Avenue and Meadowvale Road Upland Avenue and Meadowvale Road will provide a legitimate alternative access to T.H. 10 for traffic that would otherwise desire to use a very crowded Proctor Avenue. The ultimate travel demand forecast shows these roads also having plenty of their own traffic. Capacity improvements that might be necessary include roadway widening and channelization, particularly on the approach to T.H. 10, and reduction of access points. Currently, the east-west portion of Meadowvale Road has an intersection with a residential street every block. This proliferation could be reduced with the introduction of cul-de-sacs. Like Proctor Avenue, Upland Avenue and Meadowvale Road would receive significant benefit from some of the proposed roadway additions. Main Street • Main Street is a very important road, connecting the core of the downtown area with T.H. 10 and T.H. 169. The portion of Main Street that lies west of T.H. 10 and traverses the central commercial CTP-230.156 -13- 230-156-80