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increase that traffic, and they're already given less green time there, it's going to increase that delay. And sort of the same is true for the vehicles coming from the south on Old 86 wanting to turn left into the Credit Union. You're going to force them to go up to the signal, make a left there, where they're currently not provided a protected movement, according to what I see on the signal plans. They don't have a green arrow, so they're not going solely as an exclusive movement. They're having to wait for gaps in the southbound traffic to try to make that left turn movement. And that's not ideal for the left turns to do. So it's pretty much the same situation you have down at the southern driveway. But there is storage available in the turn lane, in the middle turn lane there, for those cars to get out of through traffic, which is a plus. So, you wouldn't be forcing those cars to go up to the signal, make a left and then come in off of Oakdale if we allowed the intersection to remain full access. I also should paint out, that when these improvements come in by DOT or the TIP Project is built in the future, you're going to have an improved cross section there that is able to carry the traffic more efficiently. So, it won't be as big a deal for those cars to go out to Oakdale at the intersection. You're going to have more through lanes there far the traffic on Old 86 to clear that intersection quicker. So, it wouldn't be as bad to send those cars out the Oakdale driveway. Hunter Schofield: We've got one mare member representing the applicant, Jay W. Smith Jay Smith: I have nothing to add. Hunter Schofield: Nothing to add. Thank you. We want to go ahead and direct any questions to the applicants at this point before we turn to anyone who might wish to speak in opposition to this application. Jonathan Parsons: Right now it's, on peak days, two to three, and that's what we anticipate for the remote office. Sam Lasris: How many employees work inside the bank? Jonathan Parsons: At the islands inside? That's about seven. six full-time. Hunter Schofield: Other questions from the Planning Board? Barry Katz: When we talking about traffic moving in and out of the Credit Union, but Old 86 is becoming a more heavily trafficked road and I suppose everybody expects and hopes that there will be more commercial development in the area that has been zoned for commercial development there. And the number of cars on that road, one would expect to increase. I know through Hillsborough there is a possibility of something like 96,000 trips a day or something. My point is that if you have cars that are not trying to get into the credit union, you have a higher burden of traffic going past the credit union, then people trying to make left turns are going to find more and more difficulty to make a left turn safely at the entrance that you currently have. And I know you're looking to the traffic improvements that will happen in 2010 or thereabouts to sort of dissolve the flow of traffic past there, but the recommendation was to actually make right turns only on Old 86 in order to avoid the left turn problem. I think that the left turn problem will quickly became a problem before 2010 because of the volume increase in traffic. I would strongly support the idea of the recommendation that the Planning Department has made. Rynal Stephenson: One thing I would like to say about that is that when you have cars turning left in or left out of the southern, existing driveway, the traffic signal up at Oakdale will stop traffic in the southbound direction and northbound direction. And, when that southbound traffic is stopped, that