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RESEARCH TRIANGLE LOGISTICS PARK TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS <br />Inventory of Traffic Conditions <br />June 4, 2020 <br /> 10 <br /> <br />2.0 INVENTORY OF TRAFFIC CONDITIONS <br />2.1 STUDY AREA <br />Stantec coordinated with the Town of Hillsborough, Orange County, and the North Carolina Department of <br />Transportation (NCDOT) Division 7, District 1 to determine the appropriate study area and assumptions for this study. <br />The final scoping document is included in the Appendix. The below intersections were agreed upon to be analyzed to <br />determine the associated impacts from the proposed development. Planned Projects <br />Two projects are planned within the study area. Those are U-5845 (Churton Street Widening) and I-3306A (I-40 <br />Widening). Both seek to make improvements to Old NC 86 at and north of the I-40 interchange, but no <br />improvements are planned in the immediate vicinity of the site. <br />The traffic forecast for I-3306A was revised in July 2019 and states that Assumptions and changes in the distribution <br />of population and employment in the forecast study area are implicit in the Triangle Regional Model (TRMv6) that was <br />updated in May of 2019. The rezoning for Settler’s Pointe occurred on January 23, 2018. Therefore, the zoning of <br />this project was included and therefore the development was accounted for in the traffic forecast. <br /> <br />Figure 3 shows a diagram of the existing lane configurations, geometry, and traffic control features in the study area. <br />x Old NC 86 at Waterstone Drive / Rippy Lane existing four-legged signalized intersection <br />x Old NC 86 at I-40 WB Ramps existing two-way stop-controlled intersection <br />x Old NC 86 at I-40 EB Ramps existing two-way stop-controlled intersection <br />x Old NC 86 at Service Road existing two-way stop-controlled intersection <br />x Old NC 86 at Davis Road existing two-way stop-controlled intersection <br />The proposed development is envisioned to construct the following driveways: <br />x Service Road at Warehouse A Driveway proposed two-way stop-controlled driveway <br />x Service Road at Warehouse B Driveway proposed two-way stop-controlled driveway <br />x Service Road at Warehouse C Driveway proposed two-way stop-controlled driveway <br />x Davis Road at Warehouse D Driveway proposed two-way stop-controlled driveway <br />2.2 EXISTING ROADWAY CONDITIONS <br />Table 1 provides a detailed description of the existing study area roadway network. All functional classification and <br />average annual daily traffic (AADT) information, where available, was obtained from NCDOT via the NCDOT.gov <br />website. <br />133