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Buc-ee’s Phase 2 – Efland, NC <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />6.8 I-40 WB Service Road – East RI/RO Site Driveway <br /> <br />The following improvements are committed with build-out of phase 1 of the Buc-ee’s – West <br />Orange County development and were assumed to be in place in the background and build-out <br />conditions: <br /> <br /> Construct the site driveway as a right-in/right-out access, with one ingress lane and one <br />egress lane, on the I-40 WB Service Road approximately 750 feet west of the US-70/I-40 <br />Connector. <br /> Remove the existing I-40 WB Exit Ramp (WB Exit 160) <br /> Widen the westbound I-40 WB Ramp to provide a continuous through lane and a continuous <br />shared through/right-turn lane on I-40 WB Service Road through this intersection, tying into <br />the existing two-lane cross section on the I-40 WB Service Road just west of the exiting WB <br />Exit 160 Ramp junction. <br /> <br />With the committed improvements in place, the minor street approach (East RI/RO Site <br />Driveway) is expected to operate with short delays with or without the proposed project in place. <br />SimTraffic simulations indicate that maximum queues on the westbound approach are expected to <br />be less than 25 feet in all peak hours. Therefore, no additional improvements are recommended at <br />this intersection to accommodate site traffic. Note that delays are reported to decrease with the <br />addition of site traffic. This is due to variations in simulation results and is not uncommon in <br />instances where delays are short. <br /> <br />Table 6.8 summarizes the operation of the intersection for the projected (2023) background and <br />build-out traffic conditions. <br /> <br />Table 6.8 <br />Level-of-Service <br />I-40 WB Service Road – East RI/RO Site Driveway (Unsignalized)* <br />Condition AM Peak Hour <br />LOS (Delay) <br />PM Peak Hour <br />LOS (Delay) <br />Background (2023) Traffic SB – A (2.4) SB – A (3.8) <br />Build-out (2023) Traffic SB – A (2.3) SB – A (3.0) <br />* Note: HCM methodology does not report an overall level of service for unsignalized intersections. The level of <br />service and delay for the worst approach (per SimTraffic) are reported above for unsignalized intersections. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />471