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Buc-ee’s – Efland, NC <br /> <br />ES-4 <br /> <br />Recommended Improvements <br />The following improvements are recommended to accommodate projected site traffic demands: <br /> <br />Mt. Willing Road – I-40 WB Ramps <br />• Construct a westbound left-turn lane with 280 feet of storage and an appropriate taper on the <br />I-40 WB Ramp. <br />• Extend the existing channelized westbound right-turn lane on I-40 WB Ramp to provide a <br />continuous channelized westbound right-turn lane between West RI/RO Driveway and Mt. <br />Willing Road. <br />• Restripe the existing westbound shared left-turn lane on I-40 WB Ramp to provide an <br />exclusive through lane. <br />• Install a traffic signal. <br /> <br />US-70/I-40 Connector – I-40 EB Ramps <br />• Restripe the existing eastbound right turn lane and remove right turn channelization on the I- <br />40 EB Ramp to provide a continuous shared left/through/right-turn lane. <br />• Widen the I-40 EB Ramp to provide and exclusive eastbound left-turn lane with 400 feet of <br />storage and an appropriate taper. <br />• Extend the existing exclusive southbound left-turn lane on US-70/I-40 Connector to provide <br />400 feet of storage and an appropriate taper. <br />• Construct an additional northbound receiving lane on US-70/I-40 Connector. <br />• Install a traffic signal. <br /> <br />US-70/I-40 Connector – I-40 WB Ramps <br />• Restripe the existing westbound left-turn lane on I-40 WB Ramp to provide an exclusive <br />through lane <br />• Construct a westbound shared through/left-turn lane with 450 feet of storage and an <br />appropriate taper on I-40 WB Ramp <br />• Widen the I-40 WB Ramp to provide dual westbound right-turn lanes with 450 feet of storage <br />and appropriate tapers <br />• Construct a second receiving lane on I-40 WB ramp departure, extending to I-40 WB Service <br />Road <br />• Extend the existing northbound left-turn lane to provide a continuous left-turn lane and a <br />continuous through lane on the northbound approach of US-70/I-40 Connector <br />• Install a traffic signal <br /> <br />US-70/I-40 Connector – Ben Johnston Road/Site Driveway <br />• Construct a site driveway on US-70/I-40 Connector Road opposite Ben Johnston Road to <br />provide two ingress lanes, and three egress lanes: (a left-turn lane with a minimum 100 feet of <br />storage, a continuous through lane, and a right-turn lane with a minimum 250 feet of storage). <br />117