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Approved 9/2/2020 1000 hospital and you want to add how many tractor-trailers coming off of that ramp? So, I'm just curious to know what 1001 your plan is for the light situation coming off the ramp. 1002 1003 Matt Peach: Hello everybody, my name is Matt Peach with Stantec Consulting Services; I'm the engineer of record 1004 for the traffic impact analysis. Mr. Beeman, I did hear your question and I think your concern regarding the amount of 1005 traffic coming from Mebane and using 1-40, that's correct? We're currently in the process of recommending and 1006 coordinating improvements with NCDOT. We know that the applicant has recommended improvements, particularly 1007 installing a traffic signal at the 1-40 eastbound ramps there at Old NC 86. In addition to that, we're trying to 1008 coordinate with NCDOT regarding two projects they have in the area along 1-40 and to the north on Churton Street 1009 trying to make sure that our recommendations are in line with their future projects as well. That was the, part of the 1010 information that they had requested previously,that we supplied them today. 1011 1012 Adam Beeman: So there's no intention to add any extra lane, widen any lanes coming off the ramp or turning that 1013 corner towards your service road? 1014 1015 Matt Peach: That's what we're coordinating with NCDOT right now. We would definitely try our best to work within 1016 the existing pavement to have turn lanes there at the service road. In terms of lanes at the ramps, we are not 1017 proposing any at this moment but that's exactly what we're coordinating with NCDOT. 1018 1019 Adam Beeman: I come off of that ramp from Mebane, I go to the hospital, and I can sit there from minutes trying to 1020 take that left. I just imagine if someone is trying to take the left and that ramp's not any wider when you start stacking 1021 up trucks behind those people, you are going to be up on the highway before long so I am just curious. I know, 1022 understand you're within the footprint but that right hand turning lane would be really nice so that the truck could just 1023 roll off and not have to sit there and stack up. 1024 1025 Matt Peach: I certainly understand that and the purpose that and the purpose of putting a traffic signal in there would 1026 be to allow the side street to move more efficiently. In theory,that delay would be reduced. 1027 1028 Adam Beeman: Well that's my biggest concern; I mean all the other stuff is secondary. My biggest concern is just 1029 that whole intersection is a nightmare and I don't if it's going to be on you guys to deal with it or because the hospital 1030 is expanding, they're building all those houses across the street from the hospital and all that development, that 1031 intersection is going to be a nightmare before long so I was just hoping that you guys would try to address it 1032 preemptively rather than reactively. 1033 1034 Matt Peach: Our current recommendation to NCDOT is to install a signal at that location so we are right in line with 1035 you there and just to point upon the point you made regarding the hospital, we made sure to account for traffic for 1036 future phases of Waterstone in our analysis. 1037 1038 David Blankfard: I have a question, so what kind of traffic is going to be coming out from the building onto David 1039 Drive? Is that going to be trucks or is it going to be automobiles or a combination? 1040 1041 Matt Peach: We do foresee both. Really as we had kind of been mentioning previously, the trucks would be using 1042 Old NC 86 to get up to 1-40 primarily. We see very little traffic going to and from the west on Davis Road. If traffic is 1043 on Davis Road it's trying to get from that driveway to Old 86 for that 1000 feet and that's about it. 1044 1045 David Blankfard: What about when they get to Davis Road and it's backed up from 1-40? What prevents them from 1046 taking a right on Old 86 going down to the stop sign and then turning onto New Hope to get onto 40? 1047 1048 Matt Peach: Another recommendation we made in the traffic study was to install a signal at Davis Road as well at 1049 Old NC 86 so again the delay on the side street having no longer stop control will be reduced in this scenario. 1050 1051 David Blankfard: But there's nothing to stop them from turning right and going further into the rural....going toward 1052 Carrboro. 1053 1054 Matt Peach: There will be no physical barrier, to answer that question specifically, but they would be losing time and 1055 which I don't believe truckers, it's in their best interests.