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28 1 Lyle Overcash: Good evening. My name is Lyle Overcash. I'm with Kimley Horn and Associates,421 Fayetteville Street in 2 Raleigh,27601. 1 think Attachment 10 or one of the exhibits has my resume included. I've been employed at Kimley Horn 3 for about 3 years. And I've been a traffic engineer for about 30 years. I hold a Bachelor of Science from NC State 4 University from 1993 with specialty in transportation. I'm a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers and I'm a 5 licensed professional engineer in North Carolina and Virginia. My firm prepared the traffic impact analysis, and 1 6 supervised the TIA for the case before the Board tonight. We conducted a traffic study of this project which was completed 7 in July 2023. This study was conducted per the DOT and Orange County LIDO standards contained in Section 6.17 which 8 are based on the typical Institute of Transportation Engineers methods for conducting a traffic study. There's a map from 9 the TIA in front of you that shows the study intersections. They included, I don't think I can point, but they included US 70 10 Alt at Lawrence Road, US 70 Alt at NC 86, US 70 at Lawrence Road, US 70 Alt at US 70 and the two site driveways on 11 Lawrence Road and US 70 Alt. We did not study the intersection of Lawrence Road and Old NC 10 for the following the 12 reasons. This was not one of the intersections that DOT required us to study in connection with the development of this 13 site. This is because we're not expected to have a significant impact on that intersection to warrant including it in the TIA. 14 It is my professional opinion that approximately 15 percent of the traffic from the proposed facilities will utilize the 15 intersection of Lawrence Road and Old NC 10. Regarding traffic generation,the study showed the project has a potential 16 to generate about 2,278 trips per day with about 117 in the AM peak in the morning, and 258 in the afternoon. Let's see. 17 And based on the review of the TIA by the DOT and the county, these are the recommended improvements. Construct a 18 southbound left-turn lane on Lawrence Road with a minimum of 150 feet of storage and transitions per DOT requirements. 19 Construct one ingress and two egress lanes on the site driveway on Lawrence Road. And provide a internal protected 20 ****about 100 feet internally. As we mentioned,the internal street system will be three-lane roads. And then on US 70 Alt 21 at Site Driveway 2 is a full movement driveway with one ingress and two egress lanes. Lastly, I want to point out the TIA 22 projected daily volumes for Lawrence Road and US 70 Alt to be well under capacity after build out of this project. As 23 shown in Table 7.1 in the TIA,future volumes on these adjacent roadways are projected to be in the range of 3 to 7,000 24 vehicles per day while the capacity of these roadways are approximately 13 to 14,000 vehicles per day. In conclusion, it is 25 my professional opinion that a TI was performed in compliance with Section 6.1, 6.17 of the Orange County UDO and it is 26 my professional opinion that the vehicle access to the site and traffic conditions around the site are adequate per the 27 standards of the LIDO in Section 5.3.2 and will maintain public health and safety. It is my professional opinion that the plan 28 before you today provides mitigation for traffic congestion impacts reasonably expected to be generated by the recreational 29 facilities. And it is also my professional opinion that the site has been designed in an appropriate manner to safely 30 accommodate emergency vehicles. I'm available to answer any questions you may have. 31 32 Leon Meyers:This is regarding traffic. 33 34 Nathan Robinson: Mr. Overcash, I'm sure you heard the lady's statement earlier in the evening about that she had a 35 concern on 70. What is the signaling there on 70 where Lawrence Road hits 70? 36 37 Lyle Overcash: I always thought the US 70 Alt and Lawrence Road we did a signal warrant analysis, and it does meet 38 signal warrants. And so therefore we recommended a signal, but in review in the TIA by the DOT, the DOT feels that the 39 all way stop is sufficient.And the increased the average increase and delay that we would experience at the all way stop 40 with the development is about 15 to 30 seconds on average for all the vehicles that enter the all way stop. So they feel like 41 for that little increase in delay that you know,signalization is not warranted, and they're happy with the all way stop 42 operation. 43 44 Nathan Robinson: Do you know what the level of service is that they, do you know what the maximum level of service is 45 that they demand? Is it 30 seconds? I actually don't know. 46 47 Lyle Overcash: In the TIA, the average delay will be around, I think 90 seconds the worst in the build condition. In the 48 morning it was 84 seconds average delay. 49 50 Nathan Robinson:And what is it now? 51 52 Lyle Overcash: In the background condition it would 68. So it would go from about 68 to 84, between background and build. 53 54 Beth Bronson: Is that off of 70 or is that off of Lawrence? 55