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Buc-ee’s – Efland, NC <br /> <br />ES-1 <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has performed a Traffic Impact Analysis for the proposed Buc- <br />ee’s - West Orange County project located generally north of I-40 between Mt. Willing Road and <br />the US-70/I-40 Connector in Efland, North Carolina. As currently envisioned, the project is <br />assumed to include a 120-pump gas station with convenience store. Project build-out is <br />anticipated in 2022. The project will be accessed via one full-movement driveway on the US- <br />70/I-40 Connector aligning with Ben Johnston Road as well as two right-in/right-out driveways <br />along the I-40 WB Service Road. <br /> <br />This report presents trip generation, distribution, traffic analyses, and recommendations for <br />transportation improvements required to meet anticipated traffic demands in conjunction with the <br />development. The traffic conditions studied include the existing (2019) traffic condition as well <br />as the projected (2022) background and build-out traffic conditions. Note that I-40 and I-85 <br />routes overlap in the study area. Because the freeway’s east-west orientation through the study <br />area generally matches I-40’s overall alignment, this report refers to this roadway segment as I-40 <br />for clarity and consistency. <br /> <br />The proposed project possesses unique trip generation characteristics that outside the data range <br />published in Trip Generation (Institute of Transportation Engineers, Tenth Edition, 2017) for <br />land-use code 945 (gas station with convenience store). Therefore, the trip generation rates for <br />this project were based on volume data collected at nine similar sites in Texas. Multiple <br />municipalities in several states have previously approved this methodology for use in traffic <br />impact analyses of proposed sites. The Texas volume data and detailed trip generation <br />calculations are included in the Appendix of this report. <br /> <br />As shown in Table ES-1, the proposed project development has the potential to 1,219 new trips in <br />the AM peak hour and 1,692 new trips in the PM peak hour on a typical weekday, and 2,452 new <br />trips during the Saturday peak hour. <br /> <br />Table ES-1 <br />ITE Traffic Generation (Vehicles) <br />Land Use Intensity AM Peak Hour PM Peak Hour Saturday <br />Peak Hour <br />In Out In Out In Out <br />Gasoline Station with <br />Convenience Store 120 pumps 646 573 880 812 1,251 1,201 <br />Net New External Trips 646 573 880 812 1,251 1,201 <br /> <br />Capacity analyses were performed using Synchro Version 10 software for all intersections. Table <br />ES-2 summarizes the operation of the study intersections for the AM, PM, and Saturday peak <br />hour traffic conditions. <br />114