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TRAFFICVOLUMEANALYSIS <br />Afterdevelopingtheproposedroadwaynetwork,Volkertassignedthetrafficvolumesgeneratedas <br />discussedabovetotheroadwaynetwork.Informationindicatingtheprocessusedtogeneratetraffic <br />volumesisincludedinAttachmentD. <br />Fortheareaswithfuturedevelopmentproposed,Volkertassumedthatalltrafficwouldbegoingto/ <br />comingfromtheclosestinterchange,i.e.:trafficonthewestsideofthestudyareawouldbegoingto <br />theinterchangeatBuckhornRoadandIͲ40andanytrafficontheeastsidewouldbegoingtothe <br />interchangeatMountWillingRoadandIͲ40.ThePodTrafficvolumesgeneratedinTable1wereadded <br />tothefuture2025AADTsoftheexistingroadwaynetworkbasedontheƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚaccesspoints.Pod <br />trafficvolumeswereassignedproportionallytoeachaccesspoint.Volkertassumedthatfiftypercent <br />oftheprojecttrafficgoingthroughtheinterchangeswouldbeheadedwestboundonIͲ40andthe <br />otherfiftypercentwouldbeheadedeastbound. <br />ThesevolumeswereaddedtothevolumesfromtheNCDOTtrafficvolumemapsfortheareatogivea <br />generalideaofhowmanylaneswouldneedtobecreatedfornewroadsoraddedtoexistingroads. <br />ThedailytrafficvolumesalongwiththeAMandPMpeakhourtrafficvolumesareprovidedinthe <br />followingfiguresfortheBuckhornRoad,W.TenRoad,andMt.WillingRoadinterchangeswithIͲ40. <br />ExistingandfutureAADT’sareshowninfigures9and10respectively.Itshouldbenotedthatafuture <br />interchangeatMattressFactoryRoadhasbeenproposedbytheBurlingtonͲGrahamMetropolitan <br />PlanningOrganization(BͲGMPO)andwillsignificantlyimpacttrafficcountsifconstructed. <br />Recommendationsforthefutureroadnetworkareto2025andmayrequireadditionaltechnical <br />analysisatthetimeofimplementation. <br />22 <br />ĂƐĞĚŽŶĨƵƚƵƌĞƚƌĂĨĨŝĐĨŽƌĞĐĂƐƚƐ͕ĂŶŝŶŝƚŝĂůϯͲůĂŶĞĐƌŽƐƐͲƐĞĐƚŝŽŶǁŝůůďĞƐƵĨĨŝĐŝĞŶƚƚŽŚĂŶĚůĞƚƌĂĨĨŝĐŽŶ <br />ƵĐŬŚŽƌŶZŽĂĚŝŶƚŚĞƐŚŽƌƚƚĞƌŵ͖ŚŽǁĞǀĞƌ͕ŝƚǁŝůůůŝŬĞůLJďĞŶĞĐĞƐƐĂƌLJƚŽƌĞƚĂŝŶƌŝŐŚƚͲŽĨͲǁĂLJƚŽĂůůŽǁ <br />ĨŽƌĂĨŽƵƌͲůĂŶĞǁŝƚŚŵĞĚŝĂŶŽƌĨŝǀĞͲůĂŶĞĐƌŽƐƐͲƐĞĐƚŝŽŶĂƐǁĂƌƌĂŶƚĞĚŝŶƚŚĞĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘ <br />81