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• • Mr. Mike Grochala August 7, 2003 Page 2 There may be some delays if concurrent southbound gaps do not occur. However, the delays will be on the access road to Lake Drive and will not impact traffic on Lake Drive itself. Based on the 2020 Traffic Volume Forecast in the Lino Lakes Transportation Plan, traffic volumes on Lake Drive are anticipated to increase to 17,300 vehicles per day. Traffic signals are anticipated on Lake Drive at Elm Street and at Town Center Parkway, as well as at the ramps to I -35W. The traffic signals will platoon traffic in both directions on Lake Drive past the Lino Lakes Business Park. Traffic traveling south on Lake Drive can easily be absorbed into the traffic flow using the gaps in traffic from the signal at Town Center Parkway. The number of trips in the PM Peak Hour will not affect the capacity of the roadway since they will be slightly more than one vehicle per minute. Traffic from the development traveling north on Lake Drive will add an average of five vehicles every two minutes. Traffic will need to enter Lake Drive in the gaps from the traffic signals at the adjacent intersections. If gaps are not readily available, it is anticipated that some of the traffic turning left, with an ultimate south destination, will turn right and utilize the regional road system to access I -35W at other locations. It is estimated that approximately 40 percent of the northbound traffic will turn left to go south on I -35W. Thirty percent will go north on I -35W and 30 percent will continue north on Lake Drive. With this distribution, the only noticeable impact will be northbound traffic traveling through the intersection with Town Center Parkway where the additional 142 vehicles in the PM Peak Hour will be noticeable, but will not decrease the level of service. In the AM Peak Hour, the site will generate 268 vehicle trips. A large percent will be inbound. Only 33 exiting vehicles are anticipated with the higher volume traveling to the south. It is anticipated that there will be 235 inbound vehicles with 153 right turns and 82 left turns to the site. The relatively high volume of right turns in the AM Peak Hour, coupled with the day long use by heavy commercial vehicles, makes a southbound right turn lane very desirable. It is suggested that a southbound right turn lane be constructed as part of the development. The northbound traffic volumes will find a left turn lane desirable, but not necessary until traffic volumes on Lake Drive increase. It is anticipated that the additional volumes forecasted for Lake Drive in the Transportation Plan will require widening and turn lanes along the entire roadway. A left turn lane could be constructed as part of the overall widening. Anoka County may require a left turn lane be constructed as part of the initial development. The traffic generated by the Lino Lakes Business Park will not require significant improvements be made to Lake Drive other than the suggested southbound right turn lane and the potential northbound left turn lane. Combined with additional volumes from other developments and with the general growth of traffic in the area, Lake Drive, and especially the area through the I -35W interchange, will require widening and turn lanes. This widened section can be extended past the Lino Lakes Business Park access to provide the desirable left turn lanes. The calculations contained in this report are based on the proposed development for the major site and maximum potential development on the three outlots. A change to a less intense land use or reduction in the size of the development will reduce the number of trips generated by the site.