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48 <br /> Kimley> Horn Carolina Friends School- Orange County, NC <br /> Executive Summary <br /> Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. has performed a Traffic Impact Analysis for the <br /> proposed Carolina Friends School located on located on Friends School Road in Orange <br /> County, North Carolina. It is assumed that the school will increase the total enrollment by <br /> approximately 50 students to a total of 503 students at full build-out of the site. At <br /> buildout, 227 students will utilize the new Upper School building proposed on the <br /> western portion of the campus, leaving 276 on the existing Lower/Middle School campus <br /> utilizing the existing access on Friends School Road. Access to the new building is <br /> proposed by upgrading the existing, gated gravel driveway that intersects Mt. Sinai <br /> Road. Approximately 6 buses serve the school for field trips and recreational purposes <br /> only, no impact to trip generation. The development is proposed to be built-out by the <br /> year 2026. <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 (2024) <br /> • Projected Background Traffic (2026) <br /> • Projected Build-out Traffic (2026) <br /> Analyses were performed for the AM peak hour and school PM peak hour: <br /> ■ Friends School Road at Existing School Driveway <br /> ■ Friends School Road at Mt. Sinai Road <br /> ■ Mt. Sinai Road at Upper School Driveway (future unsignalized) <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 schools. <br /> Table ES-1 <br /> School Traffic Generation I Vehicles <br /> Land Daily AM Peak Hour School PM <br /> Use Land Use Intensity Peak Hour <br /> Code In Out In Out In Out <br /> MSTA Lower School 276 stud. 298 297 188 154 109 143 <br /> MSTA Upper School 227 stud. 247 258 174 93 73 165 <br /> ES-1 <br />