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• <br /> JBonestroo <br /> Memo <br /> Rosene <br /> �itxlerfik E� <br /> Assodates <br /> Engineers i Architects <br /> Project Name: Orono Apartments Review Client:City of Orono <br /> .�.iv <br /> To: Paul Weinberger File No: 139-2641 • <br /> From: Bryant Ficek, Tom Kellogg Date: 11/14/00 <br /> Re:Traffic Flow and other issues for the Orono Apartments <br /> The proposed Orono Apartments will be located in the northwest quadrant of the intersection of Trunk <br /> Highway (TH) 12 with Brown Road North in Orono, Minnesota. No development currently exists on this <br /> site.The current site plan, dated October 17, 2000, shows two buildings. One building is proposed to be an <br /> apartment.complex with.70 dwelling units and would be located on the east side of the site, next to Brown <br /> Road North. The other building is proposed to be an office building with approximately 23,200 square feet <br /> of area and would be located on the west side of the lot. <br /> Using the Institute of Transportation Engineers' trip generation rates for developments of this kind, the <br /> following table shows the estimated traffic volumes to and from the site. <br /> Office Building Senior Housing Total Site Trip Ends <br /> Time Period In I Out In Out In Out <br /> ^Average Weekday 130 130 120 120 I 250 - 250 <br /> AM Peak Hour 30 1 5 5 5 35 10 <br /> PM Peak Hour 5 1 30 1 5 5 1 15 35 <br /> Average Saturday 30 30 90 90 1 120 120 <br /> Average Sunday 10 10 95 95 1 105 105 <br /> As shown in the table, the site could expect about 250 vehicles in and 250 vehicles out of the site during a <br /> typical weekday according to the size and type of these developments. <br /> Site Access <br /> The current site plan shows the three access drives to and from the proposed development. The first access <br /> drive connects to Brown Road North on the east side of the lot. We would recommend aligning this site <br /> access drive, if possible, with the access to the bank and private homes on the east side of Brown Road . <br /> North, creating one four-legged intersection rather than two closely spaced 'T' intersections. One lane in <br /> each direction on the access drive should suffice for the expected amount of traffic. From this full access <br /> driveway, motorists could continue south to the existing full access intersection of Brown Road North with <br /> TH 12. Motorists should expect delays at this intersection if this project is completed before 1v DOT's <br /> realignment of TH 12. As part of the MNDOT TH 12 project, South Brown Road will be realigned to be <br /> the fourth leg of the Brown Road/TH 12 intersection. IvENDOT plans include signalizing this intersection. <br /> • <br /> Bonestroo, Rosene,Anderlik and Associates <br /> 2335 West Highway 36+ St.Paul,MN 55113+ Phone:651-636-4600+ Fax:651-636-1311 <br />