Agenda - 10-06-20; 6-c - Zoning Atlas Amendment – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) for the Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP)

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111 Michael Birch: Absolutely, and that access point is approximately 1000 feet from the intersection with 86 and as I 112 mentioned, the traffic engineers have been working with the County and the State to really anticipate only about 5% 113 of the site trips to come or to go on Davis Drive to the west, or coming from the west. We think that signage will 114 assist with that. 115 116 Adam Beeman: My biggest concern is the traffic coming off of 40 or especially coming from Mebane. How do you 117 plan on solving that problem because it’s only a single lane coming down the ramp and there is no lights so right now 118 anybody that comes off that ramp could sit there for minutes before they can make a left turn to go towards the 119 hospital. I only see that increasing with all those, the developments that they put in over across the street from the 120 hospital and you want to add how many tractor-trailers coming off of that ramp? So, I’m just curious to know what 121 your plan is for the light situation coming off the ramp. 122 123 Matt Peach: Hello everybody, my name is Matt Peach with Stantec Consulting Services; I’m the engineer of record 124 for the traffic impact analysis. Mr. Beeman, I did hear your question and I think your concern regarding the amount of 125 traffic coming from Mebane and using I-40, that’s correct? We’re currently in the process of recommending and 126 coordinating improvements with NCDOT. We know that the applicant has recommended improvements, particularly 127 installing a traffic signal at the I-40 eastbound ramps there at Old NC 86. In addition to that, we’re trying to 128 coordinate with NCDOT regarding two projects they have in the area along I-40 and to the north on Churton Street 129 trying to make sure that our recommendations are in line with their future projects as well. That was the, part of the 130 information that they had requested previously, that we supplied them today. 131 132 Adam Beeman: So there’s no intention to add any extra lane, widen any lanes coming off the ramp or turning that 133 corner towards your service road? 134 135 Matt Peach: That’s what we’re coordinating with NCDOT right now. We would definitely try our best to work within 136 the existing pavement to have turn lanes there at the service road. In terms of lanes at the ramps, we are not 137 proposing any at this moment but that’s exactly what we’re coordinating with NCDOT. 138 139 Adam Beeman: I come off of that ramp from Mebane, I go to the hospital, and I can sit there from minutes trying to 140 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 141 up trucks behind those people, you are going to be up on the highway before long so I am just curious. I know, 142 understand you’re within the footprint but that right hand turning lane would be really nice so that the truck could just 143 roll off and not have to sit there and stack up. 144 145 Matt Peach: I certainly understand that and the purpose that and the purpose of putting a traffic signal in there would 146 be to allow the side street to move more efficiently. In theory, that delay would be reduced. 147 148 Adam Beeman: Well that’s my biggest concern; I mean all the other stuff is secondary. My biggest concern is just 149 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 150 is expanding, they’re building all those houses across the street from the hospital and all that development, that 151 intersection is going to be a nightmare before long so I was just hoping that you guys would try to address it 152 preemptively rather than reactively. 153 154 Matt Peach: Our current recommendation to NCDOT is to install a signal at that location so we are right in line with 155 you there and just to point upon the point you made regarding the hospital, we made sure to account for traffic for 156 future phases of Waterstone in our analysis. 157 158 David Blankfard: I have a question, so what kind of traffic is going to be coming out from the building onto David 159 Drive? Is that going to be trucks or is it going to be automobiles or a combination? 160 161 Matt Peach: We do foresee both. Really as we had kind of been mentioning previously, the trucks would be using 162 Old NC 86 to get up to I-40 primarily. We see very little traffic going to and from the west on Davis Road. If traffic is 163 on Davis Road it’s trying to get from that driveway to Old 86 for that 1000 feet and that’s about it. 164 165 7