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Air ASIMINV April 7, 1994 Ms. Kathy Glanzer Assistant City Administrator City of Little Canada 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 -1600 Dear Ms. Glanzer: 3535 VADNAIS CENTER DRIVE, 200 SEH CENTER, ST PAUL, MN 55110 612 490 -2000 800 325 -2055 ARCHITECTURE • ENGINEERING • ENVIRONMENTAL • TRANSPORTATION RE: Little Canada, Minnesota SuperAmerica Site Proposal Little Canada Road and Country Drive SEH No. A- LITTC9401.00 We have completed the traffic study of the proposed SuperAmerica development in the northwest corner of Little Canada Road and Country Drive. Our review followed the work outlined in our letter proposal of March 28, 1994. We anticipate that the SuperAmerica station will generate a maximum of 2,500 vehicle trips per day. Of this, up to 140 vehicles will utilize the site in the a.m. peak hour with approximately 70 inbound and 70 outbound. In the p.m. peak hour, we anticipate that there will be approximately 80 vehicles inbound and 80 vehicles outbound, for a total of 160. Because of the location, we anticipate that approximately 65% of the generated traffic will come from traffic already on Country Drive or Little Canada Road. Our estimates further are that 15% will come from traffic already on Country Drive, 40% from traffic on Little Canada Road directly in front of the SuperAmerica site and 10% from traffic from the east which utilizes the southbound 35E on or off ramps. Of the remaining 35 %, we anticipate that 10% will come from new traffic on Country Drive and most of the remainder from the west on Little Canada Road, with some coming from adjacent entrances to businesses, County Road C or Lake Shore Drive. The enclosed sketch shows our ideas of the distribution of traffic at the entrances. Because of some anticipated difficulties in making a left turn from SuperAmerica onto Little Canada Road, we redirected much of the outbound left turn traffic to Country Drive to utilize the traffic signal to access Little Canada Road. Based on trip generation and the number of trips coming from traffic already on adjacent streets, the most critical movements associated with the SuperAmerica site are the eastbound left turns to the development and the left turns from the development onto Little Canada Road. In a p.m. peak hour, it is anticipated that there will be approximately 32 eastbound left turns, or approximately one every two minutes, which should not create an operational problem. Outbound left turns will be minimized because of the delays which will be encountered. We anticipate approximately 8 to 10 vehicles in the p.m. peak hour will attempt to turn left. Most SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC. MINNEAPOLIS, MN ST CLOUD, MN Page 42 CHIPPEWA FALLS. WI MADISON, WI