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Adelaide Landing Residential Development <br />Traffic Impact Analysis <br />Data Collection <br />1/31/2017 <br />Westwood collected weekday a.m. and p.m. peak period turning movement counts at the <br />existing intersections identified above. These peak period turning movement volumes <br />appear on Figure 2. These counts were taken on August 2-3, 2016. <br />It has been reported that 1-35E was under construction when these counts were taken. <br />Thus, a check was made to determine whether traffic volumes on TH 61 are higher than <br />typical volumes. A review of historical counts has shown a resulting change in patterns <br />shows variations in a.m. and p.m. peak hour movements along north bound and <br />southbound TH 61 (see Table 1). <br />Table 1: Comparison of Turning Movement Counts along TH 61 at 130th Street North <br />— 2011, 2012 and 2016 <br />A.M. PEAK HOUR <br />NB Left <br />NB Thru <br />NB Right <br />SB Left <br />SB Thru <br />SB Right <br />TOTAL <br />2/2/2011 <br />69 <br />178 <br />25 <br />11 <br />796 <br />58 <br />1137 <br />11/7/2012 <br />70 <br />206 <br />20 <br />10 <br />816 <br />69 <br />1191 <br />8/2-3/2016 <br />14 <br />287 <br />21 <br />78 <br />735 <br />78 <br />1213 <br />P.M. PEAK HOUR <br />NB Left <br />NB Thru <br />NB Right <br />SB Left <br />SB Thru <br />SB Right <br />TOTAL <br />2/2/2011 <br />111 <br />823 <br />96 <br />15 <br />381 <br />18 <br />1444 <br />11/7/2012 <br />79 <br />717 <br />95 <br />29 <br />410 <br />26 <br />1356 <br />8/2-3/2016 <br />37 <br />759 <br />69 <br />235 <br />568 <br />74 <br />1742 <br />(Source: MnDOT Metro Intersection Count Website, and Westwood Professional Services) <br />The 2016 counts appear greater than those recorded in previous years. The difference in <br />volumes between 2011 and 2016 is a 1.3% annual growth rate for the a.m. peak hour. <br />Conversely, during the p.m. peak hours, the annual growth rate is 3.8% over the same time <br />period. This is despite the p.m. peak volume dropping in 2012. <br />14 Westwood <br />