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TKDA <br />• ENGINEERS • ARCHITECTS • PLANNERS <br />• <br />• <br />MEMORANDUM <br />1500 Piper Jaffray Plaza <br />444 Cedar Street <br />Saint Paul, MN 55101-2140 <br />(651) 292-4400 <br />(651) 292-0083 Fax <br />www.tkda.com <br />To: Jim Studenski, Lino Lakes Engineer Reference: Bruggeman Properties Development <br />Copies To: Traffic Study <br />Comm. No. 12701-002 <br />From: Jeremy M. Gorden Routing: <br />Date: 8-07-03 <br />This memo is in regards to how the proposed Bruggeman Properties development will affect the adjacent <br />roadways including the planned roadway improvements to the intersection of Hodgson Road and Birch <br />Street. <br />It is my understanding that the proposed Bruggeman Properties development will be located in the southeast <br />quadrant of the Hodgson Road/Birch Street intersection, with Hodgson Road serving as its western <br />boundary, Birch Street serving as its northern boundary, and Ware Road as its eastern boundary. The <br />development will consist of 158 town home units and a single building which will house a daycare center <br />and will also have spaces available for both offices and retail locations. The development will have three <br />access points. Two of the access points will allow all turning movements to occur, one abutting Hodgson <br />Road and the other abutting Ware Road, and the remaining access point will have only right -in, right -out <br />capabilities, located on Birch Street. <br />Having referenced the Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation Handbook for the proposed <br />development land uses, this development will not generator the amount of traffic that will adversely affect <br />the adjacent roadways. <br />Hodgson Road/Birch Street Intersection <br />The planned roadway improvement for the intersection will consist of adding an exclusive right turn lane on <br />northbound Hodgson Road, and adding exclusive left turn lanes on both southbound Hodgson Road and <br />westbound Birch Street. In the worst case situation, the proposed development would add 25 new <br />southbound left turning vehicles and 21 new northbound right -turning vehicles on Hodgson Road during the <br />PM peak hour. <br />Birch Street/Right-In, Right -Out access to development <br />The proposed development would add 54 vehicles turning into the development and add 26 vehicles turning <br />out of the development during the PM peak hour. <br />Hodgson Road/Full Access Point <br />The proposed development would add 21 northbound right turning vehicles turning into the development <br />from Hodgson Road, 35 westbound left turning vehicles, and 28 westbound right turning vehicles turning out <br />of the development during the PM peak hour. <br />An Employee Owned Company Promoting Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity <br />