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182 <br /> May 26,2020 <br /> Chuck Edwards, PE <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br /> Reference: Hillsborough Industrial Development TIA, Orange County, NC <br /> APPROVED DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC <br /> The Settler's Pointe TIA included trips from the Waterstone Development; located on Waterstone Drive in <br /> Hillsborough, NC. The 2020 No-Build Adjacent Development Volumes Figure is attached to this letter. In <br /> addition to this, NCDOT District staff have indicated that 100,000 SF expansion of the UNC Hospital <br /> Campus has been approved; although no traffic study was performed. <br /> Further review of the approved development traffic from the Settler's Pointe TIA indicate that 341,912 <br /> square feet of hospital were constructed. The approved development traffic associated with the hospital <br /> land use was then the difference between 810,000 SF and 341,912 SF of hospital as noted in the <br /> Waterstone: Lots 9-11 TIA (Kimley-Horn and Associates). A review of available news articles (News and <br /> Observer, Durham Herald-Sun) indicate that the hospital expansion was included in the original campus <br /> plan and is accounted for in the approved development traffic in the original Settler's Pointe TIA. A page <br /> from the Waterstone: Lots 9-11 TIA, taken from the Settler's Pointe TIA, detailing the trip generation is <br /> included as an attachment. <br /> Capacity analysis is based off-of the existing (i.e. 2020) roadway geometry. Accordingly, no <br /> improvements associated with these approved developments will be included in the study. <br /> STIP PROJECTS <br /> Two projects are planned within the study area. Those are U-5845 (Churton Street Widening) and I- <br /> 3306A(I-40 Widening). The traffic forecast for I-3306A was revised in July 2019 and states that <br /> Assumptions and changes in the distribution of population and employment in the forecast study area are <br /> implicit in the Triangle Regional Model (TRMv6)that was updated in May of 2019. The rezoning for <br /> Settler's Pointe occurred on January 23, 2018. Therefore, the zoning of this project was included and <br /> therefore the development was accounted for in the traffic forecast. <br /> Please feel free to contact me regarding any information presented in the Scoping Forms or in this letter. <br /> Regards, <br /> Stantec <br /> Matt Peach, PE, PTOE <br /> Senior Transportation Engineer <br /> Phone: 919-865-7375 <br /> Matt.Peach@stantec.com <br /> Attachment: 2016 Existing Peak Hour Volumes Figure(Settler's Pointe TIA), <br /> Adjacent Development Volumes Figure(Settler's Pointe TIA), <br /> Waterstone:Lots 9-11 TIA Trip Generation <br /> Design with community in mind <br />