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p <br /> 191 <br /> 4 <br /> documented. Future highway improvements, <br /> including promised construction and traffic. <br /> signalization, shall be noted. This information <br /> shall be ohtained from North Carolina' s <br /> Transportation Improvement Program. Any <br /> propgeed roagiway _improvements due to proposed <br /> surrounding developments shall also be noted. <br /> (c) EXISTING TRAFFIC_ CONDITIONS <br /> Existing traffic onditigns shall be measured <br /> and documented for all roadways and <br /> intersections in the study area, Existing <br /> traffic volumes for a er,ge daily traffic, peak <br /> highway hour(s1 traffic, and peak development <br /> generated hou r(s) traffic shall be recorded. <br /> Manual traffic counts at_ major intersections in <br /> the study area shall be conducted, encompassing <br /> fhe peak hiah� way _ and __ develop a _g nerat_e <br /> hour(s) , and documentation shall be included in <br /> th& reportL volume/capacity analysis based <br /> upon existing volumes shall be performed during <br /> the peak highway hour(s) and the peak <br /> development-generated hour(s) for all roadways <br /> and major intersections in the study area. <br /> Levels of service shall be dete;inined for each <br /> location. <br /> This analysis will determine the adequacy of the <br /> existing roadway_ system to serve the current <br /> traffic demand. Roadways apd/or inte;sectiong <br /> experiencing levels of service E or F shall be <br /> noted as congestion locations. <br /> (d) <br /> Estimation of vehicular trips to result from the <br /> proposal mall be completed for the average <br /> daily peak highway hour(s) and peak development <br /> generated hour(s) ., Vehicular trip generation <br /> rates to be used for this calculation shall he <br /> C <br /> Transportation and Traffic Engineering Handbook, <br /> deyelopment-generated traffic movements as <br /> estimated, and the reference source(s) and <br /> methodology followed shall be documented. All <br /> turning movements shall be calculated. These <br /> generated vol _ es sriall be distributed to the <br /> study area and assigned to the existing roadways <br /> Documentation of all assumptions used in the <br /> ' <br /> • - • . • • - c • • 11 — t ! s — 0 . • — • •- <br /> vided, Traffic volumes shall be assigned to <br />