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u I: TO: PROM: DATE: . <v Mayor and City Coancil Mark E. Bernhardson, City Adnunistiator May 17, 1991 SOBJBCT: Highway 12 Corridor Study Attachment: A. Traffic Study Information Presented 5/21/91 - Howard Needles and Associates ISSUE - 1, Present to Council Information from the most recent Highway 12 corridor study traffic study. 2. Update Council regarding meeting format between the City of Orono and the Commissioner of Transportation. INTRODUCTION - Attachment A updates the traffic forcai inforroatTon that was presented the Po 1 i cy/Technica 1 and Citizens Committee on May 21st and DISCUSSION - Issue #1 - The main purpose of the traffic forecasts was to indicate which ones would address the current situation on Highway 12. They do not necessarily indicate the best solutions only which ones will work. As you will note the "second generation" traffic forecasts indicate that the 2 northerly routes do not li as much to reduce the longterm need for an upgrade to the current Highway 12 as the others. While there is some minimal reduction for the Highway 55 jlternative, ^or an interim amount of time, the traffic forecasts do not show a significant downturn in the 20,000 car per day figure currently at Willow. The County 11 alternative on the other hand does substantially reduce the Highway 12 traffic but it is at the expense of doubling traffic on County Road 6 in order to reach the new corridor. As for the three other routes, they address the situation of reducing traffic levels on a 2 lane facility (current Hwy 12) either by an upgrade int he existing corridor or as an alternate route for a new four lane facility. Current Alignment - The increase between this study and the preliminary study is due to factoring in an ^graded facility (increase of about 30%) . Southerly Route - While the southerly route gains the most ridership it does so by drawing traffic from County Road 15. These nunmbers are similar to the original estimates.