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<br />9 <br /> <br />4. Transportation Planning <br />4.1 Will the proposed RTLP project create 200 trips per hour resulting in a tractor-trailer <br />entering or exiting the site every 15 seconds? <br />No. According to the Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA), provided as a part of the development package, <br />the total estimated daily trips to the site total 3,648 trips (table provided below). <br /> <br /> Vehicle counts include all vehicles entering and exiting the site including, but not limited to, <br />workforce commuter vehicles, visitor vehicles, and commercial vehicles of varying sizes (including <br />trucks). <br /> With a total of 3,648 estimated trips, it is improbable for 200 tractor trailers per hour to be <br />entering and existing the site every hour continuously. <br />4.2 How much traffic is expected to be using Davis Road to enter the site? <br />According to the consultant’s TIA Supplement from August 5, 2020, almost all commercial vehicles will <br />enter via the Service Road on the North end of the project site, and most vehicles that enter Driveway D <br />from Davis Road will be employees in personal vehicles. <br /> The TIA Supplement anticipates 24 vehicles entering Driveway D in the morning with 81 vehicles <br />continuing westbound along Davis Road. <br /> The TIA Supplement also anticipates eight vehicles entering Driveway D in the afternoon with 176 <br />vehicles continuing westbound along Davis Road. <br /> In the same TIA Supplement, it is acknowledged, all traffic exiting the site that intends to access I -40 <br />from Old NC 86 will have to turn left out Driveway D onto Davis Road. <br /> <br />4.3 What impacts may this project have regarding vehicles per hour during peak times in the <br />morning and afternoon? <br />The table below looks at peak AM and peak PM vehicle estimates for vehicles that will run the entirety <br />of Davis Road (past the proposed Driveway D at the development). The anticipated change in traffic <br />during peak periods is marginal. <br />Existing Traffic Volume on <br />Davis Road <br />2023 No Build Traffic Volumes <br />(RTLP site remains vacant) <br />2023 Build Traffic Volumes <br />(RTLP site is developed) <br />West Bound <br />AM <br />West Bound <br />PM <br />West Bound <br />AM <br />West Bound <br />PM <br />West Bound <br />AM <br />West Bound <br />PM <br />78 171 81 176 85 188 <br />East Bound <br />AM <br />East Bound <br />PM <br />East <br />Bound AM <br />East Bound <br />PM <br />East Bound <br />AM <br />East Bound <br />PM <br />170 91 176 94 188 98 <br /> <br />4.4 Does the NCDOT roadway classification for Davis Road limit access for residential uses <br />only? <br />No. Davis Road (SR-1129) is a NCDOT public road that is available for public use, not a private road <br />limited to residential traffic only. Davis Road is functionally classified as a local road with a maximum <br />capacity of approximately 9,000 vehicles per day based on Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT), a <br />measure of traffic volume. Local roads are smaller branches of arterial roads and provide basic access <br />between residential and commercial properties; they also connect with higher order arterials, including <br />559