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40 Proposed Orange Grave Road Development Traffic Impact Study g, ANALYSIS OF FUTURE CONDITIONS WITH DEVELOPMENT The proposed development will consist of 10 apartment buildings with 24 units in each building for a total of 240 units. proposed access into the site is via one full movement driveway on Orange Grove Road. The unity will be cnretmcted In clusters, therefore consolidating Lhe parking ink) specific areas and zing conflicts throughout the development. A scaled drawing of rte silo planisincluded in Appendix H. The sway area intersecrioru were analyzed using the methods outlined In the Highway Capacity Manuap. The manual defines capacity as "the maximum rate of flow at which persons or vehicles can be reasonably expired to traverse a point or uniform arctlon of a lane or roadway during a specified Here period under prevailing roadway, traffic, and control amditions, usually expressed as vehicles per hour or persons per hour ". The capacity analyses were performed for Our following secretaries: existing year 2000, projected year 2006 "m build ", and projected year 2006 "builefout". An analysis was performed for both the AM and PM peak hours for each of the time periods being studied. Level of service (LAS) re a terra used to represent different traffic conditions, and In defined as a "qualitative ne asum describing operational conditions within a traffic sheave, and their perceprion by motorist /or passengers". Level of Service varies; from Level A. representing free Flow ro Level F where traffic breakdown conditions are evident level 6 represents good pmgressiurh with minimal congestion. At Level C, the number of vehicles stopping is significant, although many still Pass through the intersection without stopping. Level D represents more congestion, but the dresso f operations are acceptable. At Level E, freedom to maneuver within the traffic sheave Is extremely difficult with driver frustration being generally high. Generally. Level of Service D is acceptable for signalized and ureigralizN intersections m suburban areas during peak periods it should be noted that actual operating condifiovu might be better than the calculated level of service due to an aggressive driver population Table 5 presents emada of each level of service as indicated in the Highway Capacity Man"P. Table 6 represents a summary of uxHfc capacity, analyses for the study area inimbectinns. Appendix C includes the specific capacity analysis worksheets for each intersection analyzed.