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. _____ _ _ . : , . _ � - - _-- • ---J --- --=- - - >-� <'-= -�--�- -�-� --�� - ��--=-- - = L,__ . _ , _�. t�_:�___. _ - ---- — - _ Mr. Robert Cunningham -13- January 27, 1998 Effects on School Bus Service The School District presently provides school bus service along Eastwood Drive north of County Road I. The School District has indicated that they would not have any objections to this proposed closure as long as the cul-de-sac at the south end of Eastwood Drive is designed to accommodate a school bus. This design will jive the School District the fle;cibility to operate a school bus on Eastwood Drive in the future, if they so desired. Eifects at Kev Roadwav Locations • NTain Access on County Road I This primary access point is located about 230 feet east of T.H. 10 and 420 west of the Greenwood Drive intersection. The separation from the driveway to the commercial center to the south is 300 feet. During the p.m. peak hour, this primary Walgreens access is expected to operate at LOS A for all movements, except the southbound left turn, which will be LOS C. These level of service results indicate that the access will function effectively for vehicles entering and exiting the site. • Operation of T.H. 10 at County Road I The Walgreens development is eYpected to increase the volume through this intersection by three vehicles per cycle during the p.m. peak hour. This low amount of additional traffic is not expected to have a significant impact on the operation of the intersection. The intersection presently functions at capacity with an overall LOS F, and uses a cycle time of about 157 seconds. This poor level of service is primarily due to the very high northbound volumes on T.H. 10 during this peak period. Discussions with Metropolitan Council staff regarding the eventual connection of State Highways 118 and 610 indicated that this connection would divert some of the traffic from T.H. 10, thus improving the operation of the T.H. 10 at County Road T intersection. According to Mn/DOT sta.f�, this improvement is eYpected to be completed by the fall of 1999, just one year after Wal�eens would open. In the period prior to the completion of the T.H. 11 S/610 connector, we eYamined possible ways to improve the operation of the T.H. 10 and County Road I intersection. The introduction of an additional westbound turn lane at County Road I was considered. The addition of either a westbound right turn lane or a left turn lane will not significantly improve the overall performance of the intersection. Since the T.H. 118/610 connector is e;cpected to occur in 1999 and likely will divert significant traffic away from T.H. 10, no further improvements are considered needed at the T.H. 10/County Road I intersection.