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as <br />proposed Orange Grove Road Development <br />Trolled Impact study <br />3. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING CONDITIONS <br />E h, QTmf(ic Voiwnes <br />2000 turning movement traffic volumes were counted at the Following <br />intersections'. <br />• Orange Grove Road/ Oakdale lerive (May 2000) <br />♦ Oakdale Drive / Churmn Street (May 2000) <br />A sunmeary of the peak hour counts for each of these intersections is included in <br />Appendix A. <br />1997 Average Daily Traffic (ADT) counts were provided by the Orange County <br />planning Department These counts indicated the following 24 -hour traffic <br />volumes on area roadways: <br />TABLE 1 <br />Proposed Orange Grove Road Development <br />Average Daily Traffic Projections <br />euadwa 1997 ADT <br />Oran e Grove Road 3.900 <br />Oakdale Drive 2'M <br />According to Daily Capacity fu+ Unh of 9erolm. "D ", as published by NCDOT <br />Statewide Planning Branch, the average daily traffic sot LOS D on a two-lane <br />Jane suburban fachity is 12,500 opt. Thus, the current traffic Operations on the <br />subject roadways am well below the LOS D threshold. <br />Figure 3 illustrates the 20M AM and PM peak hour turning movement traffic <br />counts, respectively, at the study area intersections. <br />Inc. <br />