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. • <br /> 040 <br /> czilmilgyootbovo <br /> Sedgewood Apartments would add 325 daily trips to NC 86 north of Weaver <br /> Dairy Road before completion of 1-40, and 680 trips after 1-40 is completed. <br /> The project would add 650 trips to NC 86 south of Weaver Dairy Road. To <br /> Weaver Dairy Road west of the apartments would be added 975 trips before <br /> 1-40 completion and 1,330 trips after completion. East of the apartment <br /> entrance, 502 trips would be added to Weaver Dairy Road before 1-40 <br /> completion and 148 trips after 1-40 completion: <br /> VI. TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED <br /> • A. Projected Traffic Conditions <br /> Traffic conditions at' intersections near the project are described in <br /> • terms of Level of Service, where Level of Service "A" is a condition <br /> with very little congestion and Level of Service "E" is highly congested <br /> • with long delays. Level of Service "C" is generally used as a design' <br /> standard, although many urban areas accept Level of Service"D" during <br /> peak traffic periods. Table 3 below shows the level of service for <br /> project-related intersections under various conditions. . <br /> TABLE 3 <br /> INTERSECTION LEVELS OF SERVICE <br /> • (PM Peak Hour) <br /> Future(1) — Future(1) <br /> • <br /> Before 1-40 After 1-40 <br /> Without With Without With <br /> • Intersection Existing Sedgewood Sedgewood Sedgewood Sedgewood <br /> NC 86 at Weaver <br /> • Dairy Road(no <br /> • signal) <br /> NC 86 at Weaver <br /> Dairy Road(with <br /> recently installed • <br /> improvements) <br /> • <br /> NC 86 at 1-40 B(2) B(2)• <br /> (1) Includes approved projects in vicinity <br /> (2) Assumes signalization <br /> - <br /> • <br /> -5-. <br /> • • • <br />