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17 604 Beth Bronson-My question is about the traffic impact analysis that was performed on that intersection,specifically for the 605 conditional zoning application.With that conditional zoning application,they performed a traffic impact analysis that 606 observed both the intersection of Hwy 54 going both east and west, and then White Cross coming north and turning east 607 or west. From White Cross,that's the right towards Carrboro or the left towards Graham and Alamance County. White 608 Cross is considered a minor road, it's rural, however there are few roads that come off of the Greensboro highway to 609 Hwy 54. White Cross is therefore a main artery from the Greensboro highway to Hwy 54. My question is that the level of 610 service was rated an A, but it was unclear what the projected traffic was going to look like in 2024. 611 612 Bob Hornik- For which section of road? 613 614 Beth Bronson-One for the parcel itself,so one for the business itself...the numbers that they generated for the projected 615 traffic. 616 617 Bob Hornik- I know there was a trip generation which I want to say was 31 in the AM peak hour and 83 in the PM peak 618 hour. 619 620 Beth Bronson- It looked like the existing characteristics were listed as a level of service A. If you actually look at the level 621 of service A, it describes free-flowing operations. 622 623 Bob Hornik- Like in school, an A is pretty good. 624 625 Beth Bronson-So there is no need for any kind of consideration because there's no stopping of traffic. When I'm looking 626 at the existing traffic in that area, actually turning left or right off that road onto Hwy 54 or turning left off of 54 onto that 627 road is not necessarily represented in this traffic impact analysis so I wanted to know if anyone could speak to the 628 conditions under which they did the observation? I know that there is an algorithm in their appendix but it's very 629 confusing so I didn't know if anyone could describe that? 630 631 Bob Hornik- I can't really speak to that. I know that the TIA was scoped before it was done, it was reviewed by NCDOT, 632 and DeAngelo reviewed it and said it was satisfactory to NCDOT.We made the plan modification that NCDOT asked us 633 to make with the right turn lane. 634 635 Beth Bronson-So,the right turn lane off of 54 onto White Cross,was not part of the plan.The site plan of the applicant 636 specifies 100 feet, right turn lane, off of... 637 638 Bob Hornik-White Cross into the parking lot. 639 640 Beth Bronson-The easement, of the highway,so that 100 feet would include some of what the DOT's easement exists 641 already. 642 643 Bob Hornik- I think it's probably all the NC DOT right of way. If it's not all, then it's a good part of it is,the right turn lane. 644 645 Beth Bronson- Would that business also have a right of way because it was zoned originally as a business? 646 647 Bob Hornik- I'm confused by that question. 648 649 Beth Bronson- It's probably not significant. I think my question has to do with the fact that what the traffic analysis has 650 recommended is a 100 foot, right turn lane off of White Cross. However, there's and maybe this is just my perception of 651 measurement, but there's not even 100 feet of a right turn lane off at 54 into White Cross.So,what you're asking is that 652 people coming down 54, eastbound are going to have to, if they,this projected 31 AM, and 83 PM peak... 653 654 Bob Hornik-They would have to make a right and then make a right. 655 656 Beth Bronson-Yes,they would have to make a right and then make a right, or they have to make a left and then make a 657 left. To me it seems like those numbers are combined. It looks like total daily. 658