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Mr. Robert Cunningham -7- January 27, 1998 Table 2 Expected Changes In Average Daily Traffic With Eastwood Drive Closure Road Change in Daily Traffic Sunnyside Road @ T.H. 10 +3 Greenwood Drive @ C.R. I +154 Long Lake Road @ C.R. I +81 Hillview Road @ T.H. 10 +12 Red Oak Drive @ T.H. 10 +80 Total +330 Development Traffic The year 1999 traffic forecasts were developed for the p.m. peak hour. The traffic forecasts account for the planned Walgreens development and the multi-use development at Silver Lake Drive and T.H. 10 discussed earlier in the background information. The forecasts also include background growth at a rate of 2.5% per year that is consistent with the traffic growth on T.H. 10 from 1992 to 1997. The base 1999 traffic volumes include the multi-use development at Silver Lake Drive and T.H. 10. The primary source for existing vehicle volumes for the purposes of this analysis are 24 hour daily counts conducted by Benshoof & Associates staff along Eastwood Drive, Sunnyside Road and Greenwood Drive during December 1997. The staff also conducted the license plate survey and p.m. peak hour turning movement counts at the intersections of both Eastwood Drive and T.H. 10 on County Road I. • Trip Generation The trip generation rate used for the Walgreens development is based on established data published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). The average daily trip rate for this type of development is about 88 trips per 1,000 sq. ft. of commercial space. Based on a size of 13,905 sq. ft., the development will generate approximately 1,225 vehicle trips per day. The p.m. peak hour trip rate is 9.18 trips per 1,000 sq. ft. of commercial space. The total number of trips expected to be generated is 129 during the p.m. peak hour. During the p.m. peak hour, about 49% of the Walgreens trips would enter the site and 51% would exit. Approximately 45% of all the trips generated by the Walgreens store are considered to be"pass by" trips that involve motorists who are already driving on T.H. 10 and County Road I and would stop at this development. The percentage of"pass by" volumes is based on information published by the ITE. Table 3 shows the resultant p.m. peak hour trip generation projections.