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66 <br />Carolina Friends School <br />Traffic Impact Analysis <br />The following is a summary of the capacity analyses included in this Traffic <br />Impact Analysis: <br />Carolina Friends School Level -of- Service Summary <br />(Delay in Seconds) <br />Intersection <br />2011 Existing <br />2016 No Build <br />AM <br />AM <br />M(32.7) <br />W. Sinai at <br /># (7.8) <br /># (9.8) <br />Friends School Road <br />B (14.0) NB <br />B (14.9) NB <br />C21.4SB <br />D28.0SB <br />Friends School Road at <br />Carolina Friends School <br /># (11.0) <br /># (14.2) <br />Access <br />C (20.3) EB <br />D (28.1) EB <br />Based on these results, the proposed improvements by the Carolina Friends <br />School will have a minimal impact on the surrounding roadway network. <br />According to NCDOT, the 2009 Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes on Mt. Sinai <br />Road and Friends School Road are 1,700 and 650 vehicles per day, respectively. <br />A two -lane road can carry approximately 12,000 vehicles per day, so there is <br />plenty of additional capacity along the surrounding rcadway network to <br />accommodate the additional traffic. <br />Due to the minimal amount of new traffic that will be added to the roadway <br />re work oncl the uvailable udditioi iul cc ipuci y ulong the surrounding roadway <br />network, no additional improvements will be required with the proposed <br />development. <br />March 2011 Page ii (GT <br />