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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT 16 <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />f"Uttp of 306F Revere Road <br />Comprehensive Planning P 0 Box 8181 <br />(919) 245-2589 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAX) Hillsborough, <br />www.co.orange.ne.us North Carolina, 27278 <br />T F* ,Ti reTA-11 z M M <br />Date: December 18, 2006 <br />To: Eddie Kirk, Planner 11 <br />CC: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Robert Davis, Orange County Current Planning Supervisor <br />From: Karen Lincoln, Transportation Planner <br />Subject: Carramore Subdivision Traffic <br />Eddie: <br />Condition # 6 of your letter to Mr. Partner approving the concept plan for Nielsen Place <br />requires a traffic study indicating traffic patterns and traffic flows on Kerley Road. The <br />information submitted by Philip Post to Mr. Partner satisfies that requirement. <br />The Prescott Company, LLC has projected daily traffic from the count of existing traffic <br />plus the projected traffic from the 8-lot subdivision and portion of Quail Ridge traffic <br />through Carramore subdivision to be 2,736. That figure is less than the 2002 ADT of <br />3,271 used in the Triangle Regional Model (TRM) for developing the 2030 Durham- <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro Long-RangeTransportation Plan (LRTP). The 2030 LRTP <br />population, dwelling unit and household projections were based on existing land use <br />and that projected by local jurisdictions according to local land use plans. Kerley Road <br />is located in traffic analysis zone (TAZ) 107063 in Durham County and TAZ 315070 in <br />Orange County. The 2030 LRTP projects 347 dwelling units in TAZ 107063 by 2030 <br />and 99 dwelling units in TAZ 315070 by 2030. That is an increase of 233 units (200 in <br />Durham County and 33 in Orange County) from the number of dwelling units existing in <br />2002. The 2030 LRTP projects an ADT of 3,985 in 2030 for Kerley Road. Kerley Road <br />is considered to have sufficient capacity for anticipated traffic in 2030, having a volume <br />to capacity ratio of 0.32 (3,985/12,500) for LOS D. I concur with NCDOT District <br />Engineer's conclusion that turn lanes are not warranted for this subdivision. <br />