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FOWLER SQUARE
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TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
WARREN COUNTY
NEW YORK
APRIL 2013
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Queensbury Partners
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Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.
80 Wolf Road, Suite 300
Albany,NY 12205
GPI Project#2013001.00
GPIGreenman-Pedersen,Inc
Erpineedng and Connructlon Servkes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. INTRODUCTION 1
' II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION I
III. EXISTING CONDITIONS 2
I A. Study Area Description 2
B. Traffic Volumes 5
C. Intersection Operations 5
D. 2013 Existing Operations 7
IW. 2018 NO-BUILD CONDITIONS 7
A. Background Traffic Growth 7
'• B. 2018 No-Build Operations 7
' V. 2018 BUILD CONDITIONS 9
A. Vehicle Trip Generation 9
' B. Vehicle Trip Distribution and Assignment 10
C. 2018 Build Operations 14
D. Operational Improvements Considered 15
' E. Sight Distance Evaluation 16
F. Coordination with Town and County Highway Departments 16
G. Findings and Recommendations 17
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' —Traffic Volume Data
—Trip Generation (Including Internal Capture Summary)
—Capacity Analysis Reports
—Speed Data
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LIST OF FIGURES
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FIGURE 1 —Site Location Map 3
' FIGURE 2—Proposed Site Plan 4
FIGURE 3—2013 Existing Peak Hour Traffic Volumes 6
' FIGURE 4—2018 No Build Peak Hour Traffic Volumes 8
FIGURE 5—Vehicle Trip Distribution I I
' FIGURE 6—Vehicle Trip Assignment 12
FIGURE 7—2018 Build Peak Hour Traffic Volumes 13
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t LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE 1—Level of Service Criteria 5
TABLE 2—Site-Generated Vehicle Trips—Fowler Square 9
' TABLE 3—Level of Service Summary 14
TABLE 4—Comparison of Improvement Options 15
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• I. INTRODUCTION
' Queensbury Partners has retained the services of Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. (GPI) to analyze the
' traffic impacts associated with the proposed Fowler Square mixed use development. The project
site is in the Town of Queensbury located west of Bay Road and south of Blind Rock Road, as
shown in Figure 1. This site has been analyzed for several land use configurations in recent year.
' However, this study focuses on the most recently proposed configuration discussed in Section II
below.
' This report describes existing and future traffic conditions surrounding the site with and without
the proposed development; identifies potential impacts within the study area and presents any
' necessary measures to mitigate these impacts.
The following sections of this report detail the analysis assumptions, procedures, and findings,
' and present the anticipated affects of the proposed development on the roadway network within
the study area.
' II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
' • The proposed development includes 11 buildings consisting of 42,180 SF of commercial space,
14,000 SF of office space and 142 apartment units. It is anticipated to be completed by 2018.
The site will be provided access to the adjacent roadway network via two driveways. One
' driveway will access Bay Road and is located approximately 640 feet south of Blind Rock Road.
The Bay Road driveway will consist of a single entrance lane and dedicated left-turn and right-
turn exit lanes. The second driveway will access Blind Rock Road and is located directly across
' from Hunter Brook Lane approximately 350 feet west of Bay Road. The Blind Rock Road
driveway will consist of a single entrance lane and single exit lane. In addition, there is a third
proposed emergency access driveway which is located approximately 480 feet west of the Blind
' Rock Road driveway. This driveway will be limited to emergency access and access will be
controlled by a gate. A preliminary site plan is shown on Figure 2.
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• III. EXISTING CONDITIONS
' A. STUDY AREA DESCRIPTION
' A review of the roadway network and traffic data was conducted to identify the current
conditions within the study area. The study area for this project includes the following
' intersection:
• Bay Road and Blind Rock Road
• Proposed Bay Road Driveway
• Proposed Blind Rock Road Driveway
' A description of the roadway and traffic characteristics is provided below.
' Bay Road (CR 7) - is a north-south roadway with one travel lane in each direction separated by
a two-way-left-turn-lane (TWLTL). Bay Road provides travel lanes which are 12`wide, a 12'
' wide TWLTL and shoulders which are 4' wide. Bay Road provides access to residential and
commercial land uses within the study area. The posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour(mph)
in the vicinity of the site.
' • Blind Rock Road (CR 17)—Blind Rock Road is an east-west roadway which provides a single
travel lane in each direction. Blind Rock Road provides 12' wide travel lanes, 2' wide shoulders
' and has a posted speed limit of 40 miles per hour.
t Bay Road Driveway—The driveway will intersect with Bay Road and provide a single 12' wide
single entrance lane and a 12' wide dedicated left-turn lane and a 12' wide dedicated right-tum
lane for exiting traffic.
Blind Rock Road Driveway—The driveway will intersect with Blind Rock Road and provide a
24' wide roadway for entering and exiting traffic.
' The intersection of Bay Road and Blind Rock Road is controlled by a two-phase traffic signal.
' Dedicated left-turn lanes are provided on Bay Road, however no separate phasing for the left-
turns is provided. The traffic signal operates with a cycle length of approximately 65 seconds.
Although there appeared to be microwave detectors provided on the traffic signal pole, the
' intersection was operating in pre-timed mode.
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