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311 <br /> STATE <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION <br /> PAT MCCRORY ANTHONY J.TATA <br /> GOVERNOR SECRETARY <br /> April 8, 2015 <br /> In reply, refer to <br /> MEMORANDUM File No. SCH-2014-054 <br /> TO: Charles Edwards—District Engineer, Division Seven <br /> Dawn McPherson—Division Traffic Engineer <br /> Joel Cranford—Municipal and School Transportation Engineer <br /> FROM: Kimberly Hinton - Municipal and School Transportation Project Engineer kAU <br /> SUBJECT: Emerson Waldorf School Review of Revised Site Plan, Orange County <br /> Municipal and School Transportation Assistance (MSTA)performed a review of the Revised <br /> Site Plan Emerson Waldorf School prepared by Summit Design and Engineering Services. <br /> Emerson Waldorf is a private school located in Chapel Hill in the northwest corner of the New <br /> Jericho Road(SR 1899) and Mill House Road(SR 1725) intersection. The school plans to <br /> construct several new buildings and increase student population by 92 students. This review is <br /> based on a maximum of 350 students in Early Childhood through twelve grades (Nursery— 121h) <br /> If the school is projected to accommodate a higher number of students than indicated, then <br /> further review will be required. The key dates regarding this development are as follows: <br /> Received by This Office 11/06/2014 Sealed TIA 10/31/2014 <br /> MSTA Correspondence Sent 01/20/2015 Non Sealed Site Plan 12/01/2014 <br /> Received by This Office 03/20/2015 Non Sealed Revised Site Plan 03/16/2015 <br /> The Site Plan does properly address the on-campus queue lengths for high traffic demand <br /> days. <br /> Driveway 4 has three lanes, one exit lane and two entrance lanes. There is an internal <br /> Xconflict and possible weave section created with the 1-4 Loading and 5-8 Loading parents. <br /> This is considered a traffic safety concern. <br /> Traffic queue lengths required for this school was provided in earlier correspondence and <br /> meetings as shown on Figure 1. <br /> The Revised Site Plan shows a traffic safety concern entering Driveway 4. The intent of the two <br /> ingress lanes is to provide vehicle queue length for the 5 — 8 Loading parents. Recommendations <br /> are provided. <br /> • Reduced Driveway 4 to two lanes (one ingress lane and one egress lane) <br /> • Widen the school driveway(12 feet wide and 160 feet long)just before the 5 —8 Loading <br /> Zone to implement a double queue process (two 12 feet wide lanes); it may be necessary <br /> for a staff member to be located at the Stop Line to direct double queued parents into the <br /> single lane parent loading zone. <br /> MAILING ADDRESS: TELEPHONE:919-773-2800 LOCATION: <br /> MUNICIPAL AND SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE FAx:919-771-2745 750 NORTH GREENFIELD PARKWAY <br /> 1561 MAIL SERVICE CENTER GARNER,NORTH CAROLINA 27529 <br /> RALEIGH,NORTH CAROLINA 27699-1561 WEBSITE:WWW.NCDOT.ORG/-MSTA <br />