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Figure 15: 2017 Transportation Study – Street Cross Section 3A <br /> <br />• Existing Ben Wilson Road, Buckhorn Road, West Ten Road, and Mt. Willing Road <br />• To be done through State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) <br />• Current: 2 lanes and ditch - Proposed: 3 lanes, ditch/swale and sidewalk <br /> <br />Implementation of the future roadway network and recommended cross sections is intended to occur over time <br />and largely through the development approval process. Developers are required to dedicate right-of-way <br />consistent with the recommended cross sections and construct roads in accordance with NCDOT Roadway <br />Design Manual requirements. While the cross sections are designed for local and collector roads, their capacity <br />is taken into account as intersections are also analyzed and recommendations are provided in an effort to <br />address traffic impact. <br /> <br />2. Intersection Improvement Requirements and TIA <br />Evaluating LOS determines the necessary recommendations at various intersections in the planning area. For <br />reference, many municipal governments adopt policies like TIAs that require that new development not <br />decrease LOS below level C or D. Determining the LOS for a given roadway involves complex calculations taking <br />into account factors such as roadway grades and lane width. The 2017 Transportation Study identified the <br />following intersections as those requiring specific improvements by developers and any transportation projects <br />associated with them (TABLE 4). <br /> <br />The 2017 Transportation Study serves as an overall Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) for the E-B-M area, as each <br />pod’s development potential was modeled in accordance with Section 6:17 - Traffic Impact Analysis – of the <br />County’s UDO. The purpose of a TIA is to “insure that proposed developments do not adversely affect the <br />highway network and to identify any traffic problems associated with access from the site to the existing <br />transportation network.” TIAs also document the required traffic mitigations that must be incorporated into the <br />proposed development. A TIA is required for all special use permits, subdivisions, conditional zoning applications <br />and site plans. This is for all applications with an estimated trip generation exceeding 800 daily trips as the pods <br />have previously demonstrated. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 39