Agenda 10-07-2025; 5-a - Zoning Atlas Amendment – 3531 NC Highway 54 W, Chapel Hill, Bingham Township

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112 Refer to the attachments for an illustration of the build peak hour traffic volumes with the existing volumes along NC 54 (in red) from the count data and the site trips (in blue) based on the distributions listed on the previous page at the proposed intersection of NC 54 and Site Drive. Based on the NCDOT turn lane warrant methodology, turn lanes were not warranted for the proposed driveway along NC 54. Refer to the attachments for the Turn Lane Warrant Chart for the proposed driveway. Capacity Analysis Capacity analysis at the proposed driveway was completed according to NCDOT Congestion Management Guidelines. The proposed unsignalized intersection of NC 54 and Site Drive was analyzed under build traffic conditions with the lane configurations and traffic control shown in Table 2. Build traffic is comprised of the existing traffic from the count data and the proposed site trips. Refer to the attachments for the Synchro capacity analysis and SimTraffic queueing reports. Table 2: Analysis Summary of NC 54 and Site Drive A WEEKDAY AM WEEKDAY PM P PEAK HOUR PEAK HOUR P LEVEL OF SERVICE LEVEL OF SERVICE Analysis R LANE Scenario O CONFIGURATIONS A Approach Overall Approach Overall (seconds) H EB 1 LT-TH Al Bl Build WB 1 TH-RT -- N/A -- N/A SB 1 LT-RT D2 D2 Improvements shown in bold. 1. Level of service for major-street left-turn movement. 2. Level of service for minor-street approach. Capacity analysis of build conditions indicates that the major-street left-turn movement and the minor-street approach are expected to operate at LOS D or better during the weekday AM and PM peak hours.SimTraffic reports indicate the maximum queues for the southbound approach are not expected to exceed 53 feet during either peak hour. 3 Be iton&Menk is an equal opportunity employer.