Big Bay Hilton Traffic 115-343_letter rpt_20160119 ENGNEERS
PLANNERS 00), ,,, Creighton
January 19, 2016
SURVEYORS Manni"rig
Mr. B,havik Jariwala
Big Bay Lodgings, LLC
906 State Route 9
Queensbury, New York 12.084
RE: Traffic Assessment,Big Bay Hotel,,Town of Queensbury,Warren County,New York,;CM
Project No. 115-343
Dear M,r.Jariwala-
This letter summarizes the Traffic Assessment completed for the proposed Big Bay Hotel
development located on the east side of Big Bay Road in the Town of Queensbury, This
evaluation is based on the "Site Plan" dated January 15, 2016 prepared by Bohler Engineering,
included under Attachment A.
1.0 Project Description
The proposed development consists of a 60,380 square foot(SF)hotel with 89 rooms.Access to
the site is proposed via one fulli, access driveway intersection on Big Bay Road located
approximately 440-feet south of Corinth Road(CR 28).In addition,direct access to Corinth Road
will be shared via,an existing full access driveway intersection associated with the'loco Bell fast
food restaurant located 290-feet east of Big,Bay Road.The project is,expected to be complete in
2017 and is shown in the aerial image below.
2.0 Existing Conditions
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Mr.Bihaviik Jadwala,
January 19,2016
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to the Interstate 87 Exit 18 interchange and is classified as an urban minor collector. In the
project vicinity,Corinth Road provides a single westbound travel lane,a center two-way left-turn
lane(TWLTL),and a single eastbound travel lane that widens to two through travel lanes and a
right-turn only lane at the Interstate 87 Exit 18 southbound ramp.A sidewalk is provided along
the northern side of the road. it is noted that pedestrian push buttons and countdown timers
are provided on the west leg of the Corinth Road/Big Bay Road intersection and a detectable
warning ramp was installed on the north, side of the street as part of the, Corinth RoadlMoin
Street/Brood Street project (PIN 1753.80). The recently constructed TWLTL on Corinth Road
provides a refuge area for vehicles turning in and out of driveways along the roadway. The
posted speed limit is 35 mph in the vicinity of the Interstate 87 Exit 18 interchange and
transitions to a 45 mph posted speed limit near Big Bay Road heading westbound toward the
Town of Luzerne. Land uses along Corinth Road include a mix of commercial, residential,
undeveloped land,churches,and health care facilities.Peak hour intersection turning movement
traffic counts collected on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 by CHA at the Corinth Road/Big Bay Road
intersection indicate that the two-way traffic volume on Corinth Road near the site is
approximately 1,245 vehicles during the AM: peak hour and 1,190 vehicles during the PM peak
hour.The existing traffic volume data is included in Attachment B.
Big Bay Road is a"No Outlet"local urban road that provides north-south access to Corinth Road.
In the project vicinity,Big Bay Road provides one travel lane in each direction with varying width
dirt/gravel shoulders. No sidewalks are provided on Big Bay Road.The posted speed limit is,45
mph and (land uses along IBig Bay Road include a mix of commercial, residential, industrial, or
,undeveloped land.Peak hour intersection turning movement traffic counts collected by CHA on
Wednesday,May 20, 2015 at the Corinth Road/Big Bay Road intersection indicate that the two-
way traffic volume on Big Bay Road near the site is approximately 325 vehicles during the AM
peak hour and 315 vehicles during the PM peak hour.
Transit service in the study area is provided by Greater Glens Falls Transit(GGFT).GGFT Route 7
is a one way loop route that travels westbound along Broad Street away from the City of Glens
Falls,turns right onto Luzerne Road,turns left onto Vaindusen Road,and turns left onto Corinth
Road to travel eastbound back toward the City.There is an existing bus,stop on the south side of
Corinth Road in front of the Taco Belffast food restaurant and in the southwest quadrant of the
Corinth Road/Big Bay Road intersection; however, a rider can flag the bus driver to stop at a
cornier or request a stop at any corner along the route. Route 7 provides weekday service from
7:00 a.m.to 4:40 p.m.and provides Saturday service from 9:00 a.m.to 5;10 p.m.
3.0 Trip Generation and Future Conditions,
Trip generation determines the quantity of traffic expected to travel to/from a given site.The
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation, 9'h edition, is the industry standard
used for estimating trip generation for proposed land uses based on data collected at similar land
uses. Trip generation for the proposed project was estimated using land use code (LUC) 310—
Hotel.Table 1 summarizes the trip generation estimate for the AM and PM peak hours.
Table 1—Trip Generation Summary
Land Use Size AMI Peak Hour PM Peak Hour
Enter Exit Total Enter � Exit tocol
Hotel 89 Rooms_ 2 1!1 19 47 27 26 3
Mr,Shavikiariwala
January 19,2016
Page 3 of 4
Table 1 shows that the proposed Big Bay Road Hotel is expected to generate 47 new vehicle trips
during the AM peak hour (28 entering and'! 19 exiting) and 53 new vehicle trips during the PM
peak hour(27 entering and 26 exiting).A review of the traffic volume data on Corinth Road and
the probable travel routes for patrons and employees of the proposed development indicates
that approximately 85 percent of the site-generated traffic would travel to/from the east and 15
percent will travel to/from the west.This results in an increase of 40 trips east of the site and 7
trips west of the site on Corinth Road during the AM peak hour and 45 trips,east of the site and 8
trips west of the site on Corinth Road during the PM peak hour. A review of existing traffic
volumes on Corinth Road indicates that the proposed development will increase traffic by
approximately 3Y2percent east of the site and by approximatelyY2 percentwest ofthe site during
the AM and PM peak hours.The magnitude of trip generation for the site is less than the New
York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and ITE threshold of 100 site generated
vehicles on any one approach for off-site intersection analysis;therefore,detailed analysis of off-
site intersections is not warranted.This guidance was developed as a tool to identify locations
where the magnitude of traffic generated has the, potential to impact operations at off-site
intersections and screen out locations from requiring detailed ana:lysis that do not reach the 100
vehicle threshold and are unlikely to result in impacts requiring mitigation. It is noted that traffic
associated with the proposed Big Bay Rood Hotel was added as background'! growth in the
analysis of the Corinth Road/Big Bay Road intersection included as part of the evaluation
conducted for the Exit 18 Hotel development.That evaluation indicates that adequate operations
will!, be maintained at this signalized intersection after construction of both of these proposed
developments.
4.0 Conclusions
The proposed project includes the construction of 60,380 SF hotel with 89 rooms on the east side
of Big Bay Road in the Town of Queensbury. Access to the site is proposed via one full access
driveway intersection on Big Bay Road located approximately 440-feet south of Corinth Road.In
addition, direct access to Corinth Road will be shared via an existing full access driveway
intersection associated with the Taco Bell fast food restaurant located 290-feet east of Big Bay
Road. The following is noted regardling the proposed project:
• The proposed project is expected to,generate 47 new vehicle trips during the AM peak
hour and 53 new vehicle trips during the PM peak hour.This magnitude of traffic does
not meet the NYSDOT and ITE guidance for detailed evaluation of off-site intersections
indicating that the site traffic will be accommodated by the existing roadway network.
• Based on the anticipated distribution of traffic,the projectwill result in an increase of 40
trips east of the site and 7 trips west of the site during the AM peak hour.During the PM
peak hour, the project will result in an increase of 45 trips east of the site,and 8 trips
west of the site.
Mr,Bhavik Jariwala
January 19,2016
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If you have any questions regarding the above analysis, please feel free to contact our office.
RespectfUly submitted,
CreightonManning Engineering, LLP
WendyIsberger P.E., PT �M:arkD
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A ssocsociall", Project Engineer
Attachments
NAProjects\2015XI15-343 Big Bay Road\doouments\115-343-letter rpt-20160115.dot
Attachment,
Site Plan
Big Bay Motel
Town of Queens,burY, New York
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