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June 2017 1-1 1.0 Executive Summary The purpose of this Traffic Impact Study is to evaluate the traffic impacts of a proposed new apartment building located in the northwest quadrant of the CSAH 10/Groveland Road intersection in Mounds View, MN. This study examined weekday a.m. and p.m. peak hour traffic impacts of the proposed development at the following intersections: • CSAH 10/Groveland Road • Groveland Road/proposed access Proposed Development Characteristics The proposed project will involve the construction of a 60-unit apartment building. One vehicle access point to the site will be located on Groveland Road on the east side of the building. The project includes 63 underground parking stalls for residents and 60 above ground parking stalls for residents and visitors. The project is expected to be completed and fully occupied in March 2019. The conclusions drawn from the information and analyses presented in this report are as follows: • The proposed project is expected to add 31 trips during the a.m. peak hour, 37 trips during the p.m. peak hour, and 399 weekday trips. • One vehicle access point to the site is provided on Groveland Road on the east side of the building. • The CSAH 10/Groveland Road intersection is expected to operate at acceptable levels of service during all existing and future scenarios. Trips generated by the proposed development have minimal impact on the operations at the CSAH 10/Groveland Road intersection. • The addition of a southbound right turn lane on Groveland Road would separate the southbound right turns from the through/left turns, which would reduce delay for the right turn movement. However, the volume of southbound right turn traffic is small compared to the total volume on CSAH 10, resulting in minimal improvements to the overall intersection operations.