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NELSON
JULY 31 – 2
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Traffic Impact Report and also in the Executive Summary under 3.13 the Traffic &
Transportation
According to the EIR impact report but, depending on where you read, there will be
an increase of 422 or 494 vehicle trips per day TLH. And yet the report did not
evaluate the impact of that increase in traffic on all of the intersections with TLH.
Cross Creek alone has 1000 trips per day, while Stonefield Lane is fed by 122 units
each with a two car garage—we are talking 200+ vehicles not counting guests and
service vehicles that are using this one intersection. The EIR Impact Report needs
to evaluate the traffic exposures on all of these intersections with TLH, not just the
two mentioned, and with emphasis on all left hand turns including those into the
Lodge and the dental office on TLH and FGP.
In Appendix P, both the east and west intersections of TLH with FGP were studied
and met the requirements for a traffic signal, but no traffic signals were
recommended. In both cases, input from the city’s traffic engineering department
was cited and, in my opinion, both reasons are unacceptable.
But, the Executive Summary Mitigation measure 3.13-1 does state there shall be a
traffic signal at TLH and FGP, but fails to include both intersections. However,
also in the Executive Summary table ES-1 3.13-1 it is stated that the traffic signals
would improve the status of these two intersections from unacceptable to
acceptable. Not noted is that there will also be a sudden increase of traffic from
construction workers and heavy construction vehicles which will create an
immediate safety hazard at the intersections. We, therefore, not only need
traffic signals at both of these intersections, but they are needed at the
beginning of construction.
We are, after all, talking about the safety of our citizens.
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