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22 <br /> KImiey>>) orn Lawrence Road Development— Orange County, NC <br /> Executive Summary <br /> Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has performed a Traffic Impact Analysis for the <br /> proposed Lawrence Road Development located in the southeastern quadrant of the <br /> intersection of US 70 Alt. and Lawrence Road in Hillsborough, Orange County, North <br /> Carolina. The development is proposed to consist of an 800-student K-8 charter school, <br /> a 600-student 9-12 charter school, and a multi-use recreational area. The site is <br /> proposed to be accessed by two new full-movement driveways along Lawrence Road <br /> and US 70 Alt. The development is proposed to be built-out by the year 2025. <br /> This report presents trip generation, distribution, traffic and queueing analyses, and <br /> recommendations for transportation improvements required to meet anticipated traffic <br /> demands in conjunction with the development. The following traffic conditions were <br /> studied: <br /> • Existing Traffic (2022) <br /> • Projected Background Traffic (2025) <br /> • Projected Build-out Traffic (2025) <br /> Analyses were performed for the AM peak hour (7-9 AM), school PM peak hour (2-4 <br /> PM), and recreational PM peak hour (4-6 PM) at the following intersections: <br /> ■ US 70 Alt. at Lawrence Road <br /> ■ US 70 Alt. at NC 86 <br /> ■ US 70 at Lawrence Road <br /> ■ US 70 Alt. at US 70 <br /> ■ Lawrence Road at Site Driveway 1 <br /> ■ US 70 Alt. at Site Driveway 2 <br /> The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Municipal School <br /> Transportation Assistance (MSTA) "School Traffic Calculator" was used to determine the <br /> trip generation potential of the charter schools. The schedules for the lower school <br /> (grades K-8) and upper school (grades 9-12) will be staggered by at least 45 minutes. <br /> Therefore, no overlap in pick-up and drop-off operations between the two schools was <br /> assumed, and the trip generation was calculated using the lower school population as it <br /> results in a higher trip generation than that of the high school. As shown in Table ES-1, <br /> the lower school has the potential to generate approximately 1,724 daily trips, 995 AM <br /> peak hour trips, and 728 school PM peak hour trips. The school is not expected to <br /> generate traffic in the recreational PM peak hour. <br /> ES-1 <br />