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Buc-ee’s – Efland, NC <br /> <br />10 <br /> <br />5.0 Projected Traffic Volumes <br /> <br />5.1 Existing Traffic <br /> <br />AM peak hour (7:00 to 9:00 AM), PM peak hour (4:00 to 6:00 PM), and Saturday peak hour <br />(11:00 AM to 1:00 PM) turning movement counts were performed at the following intersections: <br /> <br />• Mt. Willing Road – I-40 EB Ramps <br />• I-40 EB Service Road – I-40 EB Entrance Ramp <br />• US-70/I-40 Connector – I-40 EB Ramps <br />• US-70/I-40 Connector – I-40 WB Ramps <br />• I-40 WB Service Road – I-40 WB Entrance Ramp <br />• Mt. Willing Road – I-40 WB Ramps <br />• US-70/I-40 Connector – Ben Johnston Road <br />• Mt. Willing Road – Forrest Avenue <br />• US-70 – Efland-Cedar Grove Road <br /> <br />The AM and PM peak hour counts were collected on May 21-23, 2019. The Saturday peak hour <br />counts were collected on October 26 and November 2, 2019. Traffic volumes at two intersection <br />merge points (I-40 EB Service Road – I-40 EB Exit Ramp and I-40 WB Service Road – I-40 WB <br />Exit Ramp) were derived by balancing actual count volumes at adjacent intersections. The <br />existing AM, PM and Saturday peak hour traffic volumes are shown on Figures 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, <br />and the intersection traffic counts are included in the Appendix. <br /> <br />5.2 Historic Growth Traffic <br /> <br />Historic growth traffic is the increase in traffic due to non-specific growth throughout the area. <br />An annual growth rate of 2.0% was applied to existing volumes in the study area up through the <br />project build-out year 2022. Background growth calculations are detailed on intersection <br />spreadsheets in the Appendix of this report. <br /> <br />5.3 Background Traffic <br /> <br />Background traffic volumes, which include existing and historic growth traffic, are shown on <br />Figures 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 for the AM, PM and Saturday peak hours, respectively. <br /> <br />5.4 Site Traffic <br /> <br />The proposed site traffic was generated and assigned to the adjacent roadway network according <br />to the distribution discussed previously in Section 4.0. The site traffic volumes for the AM, PM <br />and Saturday peak hours are shown in Figures 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6, respectively. <br /> <br /> <br />131